2023 Best Welding Technology/Welder Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in Idaho
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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 Idaho for Wielding for an Associate” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Welding Technology/Welder is the 215th most popular major in the country with 42,490 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Idaho, there were 136 welding technology/welder graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 33 welding technology/welder graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,761 and $18,399 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Idaho for Wielding for an Associate” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in welding technology/welder. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great welding technology/welder programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the welding technology/welder program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Idaho for Wielding for an Associate
The colleges and universities below are the best for idaho associate degree vets studying wielding.
Top 2 Best Welding Technology/Welder Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in Idaho
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend College of Western Idaho. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Idaho for Wielding for an Associate. Nampa, Idaho is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s wielding degrees to 10 students in 2020-2021.
CWI did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Welding Technology/Welder Associate Degree Schools in Idaho” list.Our most recent data shows that 406 of the 10,200 students enrolled at CWI were GI Bill® students, of which 213 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $2,155. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Idaho for Wielding for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, North Idaho College landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, and it awarded 10 associates’s wielding degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at NIC, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Welding Technology/Welder Associate Degree Schools in Idaho” ranking.Of the 4,737 students enrolled at North Idaho College, 248 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 115 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $1,921. During this same period, 7 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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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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