2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Technology Education
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Ranked Colleges
39
Degrees Awarded
$37,300
Avg Cost*
When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Technology Education” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 575 people earned their degree in technology education, making the major the 578th most popular in the United States.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 39 technology education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Technology Education” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in technology education. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality technology education programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the technology education program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Technology Education
The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region vets studying technology education.
Top 2 Best Technology Education Colleges for Veterans in the Far Western US Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of San Francisco. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Technology Education list. USFCA is a private not-for-profit institution located in San Francisco, California. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 4 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.
USFCA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] on our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list.According to our most recent data, University of San Francisco supports 10,068 students, and 6 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 5 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $19,232. During this same period, 2 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. University of San Francisco does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at USFCA]](/colleges/university-of-san-francisco/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend California State University - Los Angeles. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Technology Education. Los Angeles, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s technology education degrees to 32 students in 2020-2021.
Cal State LA also made our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list, coming in at #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS].Of the 26,745 students enrolled at Cal State LA, 3 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $2,700. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Cal State LA does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
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%.
Full California State University - Los Angeles Veteran Student Life Report
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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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