2023 Best Ironworking/Ironworker Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans
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With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 for Ironworking for an Associate” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 316 people earned their degree in ironworking/ironworker, making the major the 972nd most popular in the United States.
At the associate degree level specifically, there were 99 ironworking/ironworker graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,806 and $19,336 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality ironworking/ironworker programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the ironworking/ironworker program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly for Ironworking for an Associate” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly for Ironworking for an Associate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly for Ironworking for an Associate”.
Top 1 Best Ironworking/Ironworker Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ivy Tech Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly for Ironworking for an Associate. Ivy Tech Community College is a large public school situated in Indianapolis, Indiana. It awarded 99 associates’s ironworking degrees in 2020-2021.
Ivy Tech Community College also made our “Best Ironworking/Ironworker Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1.Our most recent data shows that 1 of the 63,809 students enrolled at Ivy Tech Community College were GI Bill® students, of which 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $5,500. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Ivy Tech Community College does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
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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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