2
Ranked Colleges
471
Degrees Awarded
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Machine Tool Tech” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Machine Tool Technology/Machinist is the 480th most popular major in the country with 3,285 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 471 machine tool technology/machinist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Machine Tool Tech” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in machine tool technology/machinist. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent machine tool technology/machinist programs, but they also offer a lot of support to 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 machine tool technology/machinist program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Machine Tool Tech” list to help you make the college decision.
To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.
The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region vets studying machine tool tech.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southwestern Illinois College. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Machine Tool Tech. Southwestern Illinois College is a public institution located in Belleville, Illinois. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 64 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.
SWIC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] on our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list.Our most recent data shows that 492 of the 6,906 students enrolled at Southwestern Illinois College were GI Bill® students, of which 271 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $3,194. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Southwestern Illinois College does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
Full Southwestern Illinois College Veteran Student Life Report
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Machine Tool Tech that were part of this year’s ranking, Grand Rapids Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Grand Rapids Community College is a fairly large public school situated in Grand Rapids, Michigan. It awarded 24 ’s machine tool tech degrees in 2020-2021.
Grand Rapids Community College also took the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] spot in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.Of the 12,107 students enrolled at Grand Rapids Community College, 3 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,334. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Grand Rapids Community College does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
Read More…
Focus on a Specific Degree Level
Switch to a More General Major
Switch to a Similar Major
Switch to a Different Ranking Method
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.
college factual