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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 Engineering-Related Tech for a Bachelor’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Engineering-Related Technologies is the 270th most popular major in the country with 989 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 Great Lakes region, there were 138 engineering-related technologies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 34 engineering-related technologies graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,343 and $26,790 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Engineering-Related Tech for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in engineering-related technologies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great engineering-related technologies programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the engineering-related technologies program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
One Size Does Not Fit All
When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Engineering-Related Tech for a Bachelor’s” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Engineering-Related Tech for a Bachelor’s”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Akron Main Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Engineering-Related Tech for a Bachelor’s. University of Akron Main Campus is a fairly large public school situated in Akron, Ohio. It awarded 13 bachelors’s engineering-related tech degrees in 2020-2021.
University of Akron Main Campus did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Engineering-Related Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list.Of the 16,094 students enrolled at University of Akron Main Campus, 2 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 $3,240. 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.
Full University of Akron Main Campus Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cincinnati State Technical and Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Engineering-Related Tech for a Bachelor’s list. Cincinnati, Ohio is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s engineering-related tech degrees to 21 students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Cincinnati State, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Engineering-Related Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.Of the 6,873 students enrolled at Cincinnati State Technical and Community College, 271 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 222 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $3,512. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Cincinnati State]](/colleges/cincinnati-state-technical-and-community-college/student-life/veterans/)
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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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