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Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Engineering-Related Tech for an Associate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 989 people earned their degree in engineering-related technologies, making the major the 270th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, engineering-related technologies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $57,339 and had an average of $21,670 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Plains States region, there were 152 engineering-related technologies graduates with average earnings and debt of $48,729 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 54 engineering-related technologies graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,723 and $22,140 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Engineering-Related Tech for an Associate” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in engineering-related technologies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent engineering-related technologies 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 engineering-related technologies program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
One Size Does Not Fit All
The engineering-related tech school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Engineering-Related Tech for an Associate”.
We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.
The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region associate degree vets studying engineering-related tech.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hennepin Technical College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Engineering-Related Tech for an Associate list. This small school is located in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, and it awarded 40 associates’s engineering-related tech degrees in 2020-2021.
Hennepin Technical College also took the #1 spot in our “Best Engineering-Related Technologies Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking.Of the 4,094 students enrolled at Hennepin Technical College, 66 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 45 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $2,023. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southeast Technical College. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Engineering-Related Tech for an Associate. Located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, this small public school handed out 9 degrees to qualified associates’s engineering-related tech students in 2020-2021.
Southeast Tech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Engineering-Related Technologies Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list.According to our most recent data, Southeast Technical College supports 2,330 students, and 193 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 86 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $3,618. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Southeast Technical College does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
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%.
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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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