2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Military Technologies & Applied Sciences for a Bachelor’s
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Ranked Colleges
123
Degrees Awarded
$34,000
Avg Cost*
When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Military Technologies & Applied Sciences for a Bachelor’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 4,477 people earned their degree in military technologies and applied sciences, making the major the 38th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, military technologies and applied sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $61,323 and had an average of $20,911 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Plains States region, there were 498 military technologies and applied sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,802 and $25,768 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 123 military technologies and applied sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,046 and $29,021 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent military technologies and applied sciences programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the military technologies and applied sciences program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Military Technologies & Applied Sciences for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree vets studying military technologies & applied sciences.
Top 1 Best Military Technologies & Applied Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Military Technologies & Applied Sciences for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Maryville University of Saint Louis landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Saint Louis, Missouri, and it awarded 94 bachelors’s military technologies and applied sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
Maryville U also made our “Best Military Technologies & Applied Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #1.According to our most recent data, Maryville University of Saint Louis supports 10,979 students, and 7 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 5 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $5,372. 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.
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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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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