2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Railroad and Railway Transportation for an Associate
1
Ranked Colleges
3
Degrees Awarded
When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 for Railroad and Railway Transportation for an Associate” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Railroad & Railway Transportation is the 1404th most popular major in the country with 102 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
At the associate degree level specifically, there were 3 railroad and railway transportation graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,806 and $19,336 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent railroad and railway transportation programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the railroad and railway transportation program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
More Ways to Rank Railroad & Railway Transportation Schools
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 for Railroad and Railway Transportation for an Associate” list to help you make the college decision.
In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.
Most Veteran Friendly for Railroad and Railway Transportation for an Associate
The colleges and universities below are the best for associate degree vets studying railroad and railway transportation.
Top 1 Best Railroad & Railway Transportation Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Johnson County Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Railroad and Railway Transportation for an Associate list. Overland Park, Kansas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s railroad and railway transportation degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.
JCCC also took the #1 spot in our “Best Railroad & Railway Transportation Associate Degree Schools” ranking.Of the 13,891 students enrolled at Johnson County Community College, 389 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 221 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $1,331. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Johnson County Community College offers credit for military training for eligible students.
Full JCCC Veteran Student Life Report
Focus on a Specific Degree Level
Switch to a More General 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.