2023 Best Engineering Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Middle Atlantic Region
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When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Middle Atlantic Region for Engineering for an Associate” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 198,468 engineering students received their degree, making the major the 7th most popular in the country. In 2019-2020, engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $68,653 and had an average of $23,855 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 33,608 engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $69,391 and $24,393 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 1,475 engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,164 and $17,633 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Engineering for an Associate” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent engineering programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the engineering program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Engineering for an Associate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Engineering for an Associate”.
Top 3 Best Engineering Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Middle Atlantic Region
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Engineering for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Monroe Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Rochester, New York is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s engineering degrees to 39 students in 2020-2021.
Monroe Community College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Engineering Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list.Of the 10,161 students enrolled at Monroe Community College, 301 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 195 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $2,794. During this same period, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Engineering for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, College of Staten Island CUNY landed the #2 spot on the list. Staten Island, New York is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s engineering degrees to 10 students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at CSI, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Engineering Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, College of Staten Island CUNY supports 12,797 students, and 119 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 65 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $4,068. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. College of Staten Island CUNY offers credit for military training for eligible students.
[Read full report on veteran student life at College of Staten Island CUNY]](/colleges/cuny-college-of-staten-island/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology. The school came in at #3 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Engineering for an Associate. Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology is a small school located in Lancaster, Pennsylvania that handed out 39 associates’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology also made our “Best Engineering Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #1.According to our most recent data, Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology supports 1,227 students, and 36 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 18 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $4,604. On top of their other funding sources, 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 Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology]](/colleges/thaddeus-stevens-college-of-technology/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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