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2023 Most Veteran Friendly in North Carolina for Engineering Tech

1 Ranked Colleges
225 Degrees Awarded
$16,300 Avg Cost*
Most Veteran Friendly in North Carolina for Engineering Tech

With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in North Carolina for Engineering Tech” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 4,676 people earned their degree in general engineering technology, making the major the 156th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, general engineering technology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $53,419 and had an average of $23,567 in loans still to pay off.

Across North Carolina, there were 225 general engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,173 and $24,250 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general engineering technology programs as well as strong veteran support.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general engineering technology program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Veteran Friendly in North Carolina for Engineering Tech

The colleges and universities below are the best for north carolina vets studying engineering tech.

Top 1 Best General Engineering Technology Colleges for Veterans in North Carolina

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Western Carolina University
Cullowhee, North Carolina

Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in North Carolina for Engineering Tech that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Carolina University landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Cullowhee, North Carolina, and it awarded 63 ’s engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.

WCU also took the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] spot in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 439 of the 12,243 students enrolled at WCU were GI Bill® students, of which 182 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $3,242. During this same period, 3 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. WCU offers credit for military training for eligible students.

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