2023 Best Other Science Technologies/Technicians Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly for Other Science Tech for a Bachelor’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Other Science Technologies/Technicians is the 180th most popular major in the country with 2,451 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, other science technologies/technicians graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $44,953 and had an average of $20,324 in loans still to pay off.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 453 other science technologies/technicians graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,682 and $26,217 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly for Other Science Tech for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in other science technologies/technicians. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent other science technologies/technicians 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 other science technologies/technicians program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly for Other Science Tech for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly for Other Science Tech for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 3 Best Other Science Technologies/Technicians Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly for Other Science Tech for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Campbell University landed the #1 spot on the list. Buies Creek, North Carolina is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s other science tech degrees to 46 students in 2020-2021.
Campbell did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Other Science Technologies/Technicians Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list.Our most recent data shows that 45 of the 5,964 students enrolled at Campbell University were GI Bill® students, of which 28 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $14,969. During this same period, 8 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Campbell University Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arizona. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Other Science Tech for a Bachelor’s list. Tucson, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s other science tech degrees to 107 students in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree vets studying other science tech list, University of Arizona has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Other Science Technologies/Technicians Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 2,131 of the 45,601 students enrolled at University of Arizona were GI Bill® students, of which 1,478 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $8,880. To help with additional expenses, 31 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. University of Arizona offers credit for military training for eligible students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full University of Arizona Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northern Arizona University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Veteran Friendly for Other Science Tech for a Bachelor’s. NAU is located in Flagstaff, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 73 bachelors’s other science tech degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at NAU, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Other Science Technologies/Technicians Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking.According to our most recent data, NAU supports 29,566 students, and 1,055 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 622 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,378. To help with additional expenses, 56 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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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.