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Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Southwest Region for Machine Tool Tech for an Associate” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Machine Tool Technology/Machinist is the 480th most popular major in the country with 3,285 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southwest region, there were 329 machine tool technology/machinist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 82 machine tool technology/machinist graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,810 and $18,681 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Machine Tool Tech for an Associate” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in machine tool technology/machinist. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent machine tool technology/machinist 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 machine tool technology/machinist program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
One Size Does Not Fit All
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Machine Tool Tech for an Associate” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. We encourage you to try it out and pit your favorite colleges and universities head to head! If you don’t have time right now, you can bookmark it for later.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Machine Tool Tech for an Associate”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pima Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Machine Tool Tech for an Associate list. Pima County Community College District is a public institution located in Tucson, Arizona. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 9 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Pima County Community College District not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Machine Tool Technology/Machinist Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list.According to our most recent data, Pima Community College supports 15,544 students, and 853 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 426 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $1,036. During this same period, 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 Pima Community College]](/colleges/pima-community-college/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Del Mar College. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Machine Tool Tech for an Associate. Del Mar College is a public institution located in Corpus Christi, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 3 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
DMC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Machine Tool Technology/Machinist Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list.Of the 10,678 students enrolled at DMC, 628 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 339 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $1,882. 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.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Amarillo College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Machine Tool Tech for an Associate list. Amarillo College is a medium-sized school located in Amarillo, Texas that handed out 14 associates’s machine tool tech degrees in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our southwest region associate degree vets studying machine tool tech list, Amarillo College has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Machine Tool Technology/Machinist Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 260 of the 9,079 students enrolled at Amarillo College were GI Bill® students, of which 141 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $1,795. To help with additional expenses, 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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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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