2023 Best Plant Sciences Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region
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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 the Great Lakes Region for Plant Sciences for an Associate” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Plant Sciences is the 164th most popular major in the country with 3,175 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, plant sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $38,727 and had an average of $19,352 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 352 plant sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,359 and $17,074 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 30 plant sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,077 and $19,490 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Plant Sciences for an Associate” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in plant sciences. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality plant sciences programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the plant sciences program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Plant Sciences for an Associate” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Plant Sciences for an Associate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Plant Sciences for an Associate”.
Top 2 Best Plant Sciences Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Plant Sciences for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Fox Valley Technical College landed the #1 spot on the list. FVTC is a fairly large school located in Appleton, Wisconsin that handed out 7 associates’s plant sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
FVTC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Plant Sciences Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list.Among the 11,711 students enrolled at Fox Valley Technical College, 379 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 220 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $2,211. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Fox Valley Technical College does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
Full Fox Valley Technical College Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southwest Wisconsin Technical College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Plant Sciences for an Associate list. Southwest Wisconsin Technical College is located in Fennimore, Wisconsin and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 associates’s plant sciences degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Southwest Tech, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Plant Sciences Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 36 of the 2,581 students enrolled at Southwest Wisconsin Technical College were GI Bill® students, of which 23 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $2,505. During this same period, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Southwest Wisconsin Technical College]](/colleges/southwest-wisconsin-technical-college/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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