2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Texas for Marine Transport for an Associate
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Ranked Colleges
17
Degrees Awarded
$54,441
Avg Salary
When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Texas for Marine Transport for an Associate” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Marine Transportation is the 283rd most popular major in the country with 1,203 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, marine transportation graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $55,600 and had an average of $18,030 in loans still to pay off.
Across Texas, there were 199 marine transportation graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,655 and $17,250 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 17 marine transportation graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,954 and $18,599 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great marine transportation 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 marine transportation program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Texas for Marine Transport for an Associate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Texas for Marine Transport for an Associate”.
Top 1 Best Marine Transportation Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in Texas
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Texas for Marine Transport for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, San Jacinto Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Pasadena, Texas, this large public school awarded 17 diplomas to qualified associates’s marine transport students in 2020-2021.
San Jacinto College also made our “Best Marine Transportation Associate Degree Schools in Texas” list, coming in at #1.Our most recent data shows that 862 of the 31,110 students enrolled at San Jacinto Community College were GI Bill® students, of which 635 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $1,772. To help with additional expenses, 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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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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