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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Other Culinary Arts & Related Services for an Associate” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Other Culinary Arts & Related Services is the 916th most popular major in the country with 433 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 59 other culinary arts and related services graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 8 other culinary arts and related services graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,077 and $19,490 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great other culinary arts and related services programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the other culinary arts and related services program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
One Size Does Not Fit All
The other culinary arts & related services school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Other Culinary Arts & Related Services for an Associate”.
One of our other unique offerings is College Combat. This tool lets you build your own customized comparisons utilizing the factors that are most important to you. We encourage you to try it out and pit your favorite colleges and universities head to head! If you don’t have time right now, you can bookmark it for later.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Other Culinary Arts & Related Services for an Associate”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwestern Michigan College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Other Culinary Arts & Related Services for an Associate list. This small school is located in Traverse City, Michigan, and it awarded 6 associates’s other culinary arts and related services degrees in 2020-2021.
NMC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Other Culinary Arts & Related Services Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 171 of the 3,278 students enrolled at Northwestern Michigan College were GI Bill® students, of which 102 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $3,956. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
Full Northwestern Michigan College Veteran Student Life Report
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Notes and References
References
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.
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