2023 Best Industrial Technology Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Industrial Tech for a Master’s” ranking.

In 2020-2021, 4,540 people earned their degree in industrial technology/technician, making the major the 217th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 1,218 industrial technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Industrial Tech for a Master’s” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in industrial technology/technician. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality industrial technology/technician programs as well as strong veteran support.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the industrial technology/technician program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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 Southeast Region for Industrial Tech for a Master’s” list to help you make the college decision.

In addition to College Factual’s rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.

Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Industrial Tech for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Industrial Tech for a Master’s”.

Top 3 Best Industrial Technology Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region

1

Appalachian State University
Boone, North Carolina

780 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Industrial Tech for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Appalachian State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Boone, North Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s industrial tech degrees to 11 students in 2020-2021.

In addition to being on our southeast region master’s degree vets studying industrial tech list, Appalachian State has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Industrial Technology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, Appalachian State supports 20,023 students, and 780 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 393 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,464. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Appalachian State 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Read More…

2

North Carolina A & T State University
Greensboro, North Carolina

789 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

$4,612 Average GI Bill® Award

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Industrial Tech for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, North Carolina A & T State University landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Greensboro, North Carolina, and it awarded 14 masters’s industrial tech degrees in 2020-2021.

NC A&T also made our “Best Industrial Technology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1.Our most recent data shows that 789 of the 12,753 students enrolled at NC A&T were GI Bill® students, of which 245 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $4,612. During this same period, 7 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

Full North Carolina A & T State University Veteran Student Life Report

3

Western Carolina University
Cullowhee, North Carolina

439 GI Bill® Students**

#3 in overall quality

$3,242 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Carolina University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Industrial Tech for a Master’s list. WCU is a fairly large school located in Cullowhee, North Carolina that handed out 5 masters’s industrial tech degrees in 2020-2021.

WCU also took the #3 spot in our “Best Industrial Technology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” 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. To help with additional expenses, 3 students received funds 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 Western Carolina University]](/colleges/western-carolina-university/student-life/veterans/)

• Best Industrial Technology Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

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

Footnotes

• *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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to ICAPlants.