2023 Best Quality Control Technology Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Far Western US Region
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Ranked Colleges
67
Degrees Awarded
$35,200
Avg Cost*
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 the Far Western US Region for Quality Control Tech for an Associate” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 3,824 people earned their degree in quality control technology, making the major the 159th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, quality control technology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $62,350 and had an average of $22,579 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 180 quality control technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,387 and $25,000 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 67 quality control technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,803 and $17,868 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality quality control 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 quality control technology program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Quality Control Tech for an Associate” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Quality Control Tech for an Associate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Quality Control Tech for an Associate”.
Top 1 Best Quality Control Technology Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Far Western US Region
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Quality Control Tech for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alaska Anchorage landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Alaska Anchorage is a fairly large school located in Anchorage, Alaska that handed out 10 associates’s quality control tech degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UAA, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Quality Control Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking.Among the 11,953 students enrolled at UAA, 42 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 31 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $1,609. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at UAA]](/colleges/university-of-alaska-anchorage/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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