2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Clinical Laboratory Sciences for an Associate
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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. 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 Southeast Region for Clinical Laboratory Sciences for an Associate” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 3,912 people earned their degree in laboratory sciences and medical technology, making the major the 191st most popular in the United States.
Across the Southeast region, there were 877 laboratory sciences and medical technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 5 laboratory sciences and medical technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,328 and $20,384 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality laboratory sciences and medical 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 laboratory sciences and medical technology program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Clinical Laboratory Sciences for an Associate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Clinical Laboratory Sciences for an Associate”.
Top 1 Best Laboratory Sciences & Medical Technology Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Clinical Laboratory Sciences for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Arkansas State University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Jonesboro, Arkansas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s clinical laboratory sciences degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.
A-State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Laboratory Sciences & Medical Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list.Of the 13,106 students enrolled at A-State, 425 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 180 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $4,131. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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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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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