2023 Best Industrial Design Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Far Western US Region
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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. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Product Design for an Associate” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Industrial Design is the 304th most popular major in the country with 1,792 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 265 industrial design graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 2 industrial design graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,803 and $17,868 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent industrial design 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 industrial design program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Product Design for an Associate
The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region associate degree vets studying product design.
Top 1 Best Industrial Design Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Far Western US Region
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Product Design for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Walla Walla University landed the #1 spot on the list. Walla Walla University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in College Place, Washington. It awarded 2 associates’s product design degrees in 2020-2021.
Walla Walla U not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Industrial Design Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list.Among the 1,737 students enrolled at Walla Walla University, 3 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,178. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received scholarships 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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Walla Walla University]](/colleges/walla-walla-university/student-life/veterans/)
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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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