2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Other ME Tech for an Associate
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Ranked Colleges
52
Degrees Awarded
$35,200
Avg Cost*
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 Other ME Tech for an Associate” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies, Other is the 890th most popular major in the country with 395 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
At the associate degree level specifically, there were 52 mechanical engineering related technologies/technicians, other graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,806 and $19,336 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly for Other ME Tech for an Associate” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in mechanical engineering related technologies/technicians, other. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality mechanical engineering related technologies/technicians, other programs as well as strong veteran support.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the mechanical engineering related technologies/technicians, other program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly for Other ME Tech for an Associate
The colleges and universities below are the best for associate degree vets studying other me tech.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Tidewater Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly for Other ME Tech for an Associate. Tidewater Community College is a public institution located in Norfolk, Virginia. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 5 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Tidewater Community College also took the #2 spot in our “Best Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies, Other Associate Degree Schools” ranking.Of the 16,769 students enrolled at Tidewater Community College, 49 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 45 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $5,391. 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.
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Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly for Other ME Tech for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Massachusetts - Lowell landed the #2 spot on the list. Lowell, Massachusetts is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s other ME tech degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.
UMass Lowell not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies, Other Associate Degree Schools” list.Our most recent data shows that 623 of the 18,150 students enrolled at University of Massachusetts - Lowell were GI Bill® students, of which 290 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $8,664. To help with additional expenses, 29 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. University of Massachusetts - Lowell does offer 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 UMass Lowell]](/colleges/university-of-massachusetts-lowell/student-life/veterans/)
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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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