2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for General Construction Trades for an Associate
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Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 General Construction Trades for an Associate” ranking - to help you make that decision.
General Construction Trades is the 615th most popular major in the country with 1,435 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 227 general construction trades graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 61 general construction trades graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,077 and $19,490 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general construction trades 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 general construction trades program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for General Construction Trades for an Associate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for General Construction Trades for an Associate”.
Top 1 Best General Construction Trades Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for General Construction Trades for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Southwestern Illinois College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Belleville, Illinois, this medium-sized public school handed out 7 degrees to qualified associates’s general construction trades students in 2020-2021.
SWIC also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Construction Trades Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 492 of the 6,906 students enrolled at SWIC were GI Bill® students, of which 271 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $3,194. During this same period, 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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