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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Machine Tool Tech” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Machine Tool Technology/Machinist is the 480th most popular major in the country with 3,285 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Illinois, there were 93 machine tool technology/machinist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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 Illinois 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. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Machine Tool Tech”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southwestern Illinois College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Machine Tool Tech list. SWIC is located in Belleville, Illinois and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 64 ’s machine tool tech degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at SWIC, the school also landed the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] spot in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.Among the 6,906 students enrolled at Southwestern Illinois College, 492 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 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 received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
[Read full report on veteran student life at SWIC]](/colleges/southwestern-illinois-college/student-life/veterans/)
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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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