2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Manufacturing Tech for a Master’s
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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly for Manufacturing Tech for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Manufacturing Engineering Technology is the 271st most popular major in the country with 4,812 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly for Manufacturing Tech for a Master’s” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in manufacturing engineering technology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality manufacturing engineering technology programs as well as strong veteran support.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the manufacturing engineering technology program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly for Manufacturing Tech for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly for Manufacturing Tech for a Master’s”.
Top 7 Best Manufacturing Engineering Technology Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rochester Institute of Technology. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Manufacturing Tech for a Master’s list. RIT is a fairly large school located in Rochester, New York that handed out 17 masters’s manufacturing tech degrees in 2020-2021.
RIT also made our “Best Manufacturing Engineering Technology Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1.According to our most recent data, RIT supports 16,158 students, and 1 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 1 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $17,424. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. 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 Rochester Institute of Technology Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly for Manufacturing Tech for a Master’s. Southern Illinois University Carbondale is a fairly large school located in Carbondale, Illinois that handed out 20 masters’s manufacturing tech degrees in 2020-2021.
SIUC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Manufacturing Engineering Technology Master’s Degree Schools” list.According to our most recent data, Southern Illinois University Carbondale supports 11,366 students, and 1 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 0 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $0. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Southern Illinois University Carbondale]](/colleges/southern-illinois-university-carbondale/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Michigan University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Manufacturing Tech for a Master’s list. This fairly large school is located in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and it awarded 3 masters’s manufacturing tech degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at WMU, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Manufacturing Engineering Technology Master’s Degree Schools” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 584 of the 19,887 students enrolled at WMU were GI Bill® students, of which 327 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $9,981. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
Full Western Michigan University Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Minnesota State University - Mankato. The school came in at #4 for the Most Veteran Friendly for Manufacturing Tech for a Master’s. This fairly large school is located in Mankato, Minnesota, and it awarded 1 masters’s manufacturing tech degrees in 2020-2021.
Minnesota State Mankato also made our “Best Manufacturing Engineering Technology Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #6.According to our most recent data, Minnesota State Mankato supports 14,761 students, and 331 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 147 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $5,814. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Minnesota State Mankato offers 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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Minnesota State Mankato]](/colleges/minnesota-state-university-mankato/student-life/veterans/)
Out of the 7 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly for Manufacturing Tech for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Illinois University landed the #5 spot on the list. WIU is a medium-sized public school situated in Macomb, Illinois. It awarded 5 masters’s manufacturing tech degrees in 2020-2021.
WIU also took the #7 spot in our “Best Manufacturing Engineering Technology Master’s Degree Schools” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 330 of the 7,490 students enrolled at Western Illinois University were GI Bill® students, of which 62 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $4,652. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Western Illinois University offers credit for military training for eligible students.
[Read full report on veteran student life at WIU]](/colleges/western-illinois-university/student-life/veterans/)
Illinois Institute of Technology came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Veteran Friendly for Manufacturing Tech for a Master’s ranking. Illinois Institute of Technology is a medium-sized school located in Chicago, Illinois that handed out 1 masters’s manufacturing tech degrees in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our master’s degree vets studying manufacturing tech list, Illinois Tech has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Manufacturing Engineering Technology Master’s Degree Schools” ranking.Among the 6,325 students enrolled at Illinois Institute of Technology, 83 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 52 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $14,905. During this same period, 14 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. 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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Oregon Institute of Technology did quite well in the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Manufacturing Tech for a Master’s ranking, coming in at #7. Located in Klamath Falls, Oregon, this small public school handed out 3 degrees to qualified masters’s manufacturing tech students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at OIT, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Manufacturing Engineering Technology Master’s Degree Schools” ranking.According to our most recent data, Oregon Institute of Technology supports 5,323 students, and 104 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 57 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $8,491. To help with additional expenses, 1 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Oregon Institute of Technology offers 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%.
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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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