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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 in Oregon for Precision Metal Working for an Associate” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Precision Metal Working is the 131st most popular major in the country with 52,308 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, precision metal working graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $34,754 and had an average of $9,803 in loans still to pay off.
Across Oregon, there were 399 precision metal working graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,053 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 116 precision metal working graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,451 and $21,646 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Oregon for Precision Metal Working for an Associate” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in precision metal working. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent precision metal working programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the precision metal working program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in Oregon for Precision Metal Working for an Associate” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Oregon for Precision Metal Working for an Associate”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Portland Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Oregon for Precision Metal Working for an Associate. This large school is located in Portland, Oregon, and it awarded 13 associates’s precision metal working degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Portland Community College, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Precision Metal Working Associate Degree Schools in Oregon” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 1,126 of the 22,904 students enrolled at Portland Community College were GI Bill® students, of which 701 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $2,236. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Portland Community College offers credit for military training for eligible students.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Linn-Benton Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Oregon for Precision Metal Working for an Associate. Located in Albany, Oregon, this small public school handed out 26 diplomas to qualified associates’s precision metal working students in 2020-2021.
LBCC also made our “Best Precision Metal Working Associate Degree Schools in Oregon” list, coming in at #2.Our most recent data shows that 244 of the 4,956 students enrolled at Linn-Benton Community College were GI Bill® students, of which 166 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $3,170. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Linn-Benton 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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