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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 North Carolina for Precision Metal Working for an Associate” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Precision Metal Working is the 131st most popular major in the country with 52,308 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, precision metal working graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $34,754 and had an average of $9,803 in loans still to pay off.
Across North Carolina, there were 3,123 precision metal working graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,354 and $10,822 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 303 precision metal working graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,987 and $17,467 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great precision metal working programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the precision metal working program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in North Carolina for Precision Metal Working for an Associate” list to help you make the college decision.
We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in North Carolina for Precision Metal Working for an Associate”.
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in North Carolina for Precision Metal Working for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Pitt Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Pitt Community College is a medium-sized public school situated in Winterville, North Carolina. It awarded 27 associates’s precision metal working degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Pitt Community College, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Precision Metal Working Associate Degree Schools in North Carolina” ranking.According to our most recent data, Pitt Community College supports 7,688 students, and 332 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 145 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $1,582. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Pitt Community College]](/colleges/pitt-community-college/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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