Continuing its mission to provide military veterans and their spouses with the finest choices for post-secondary education, VIQTORY has released the 2019-2020 Military Friendly Schools list.

West Georgia Technical College is ranked number three in the nation in the small community college category for its outstanding efforts to support veterans, military service members and military service family members who are enrolled at the college.

“We take great pride in receiving this designation,” West Georgia Technical College VA Coordinator Richard Williams said. “Our Veterans have sacrificed for our country and should be afforded every available resource to help them succeed once they leave military service. It is an honor to serve them, as they have served us.”

Institutions earning the Military Friendly® School designation were evaluated using both public data sources and responses from a proprietary survey completed by the school. For the first time, student survey data was taken into consideration for the designation. This year 766 schools across the nation received the “military friendly” designation.

Methodology, criteria, and weightings were determined by VIQTORY with input from the Military Friendly® Advisory Council of independent leaders in the higher education and military recruitment community. Final ratings were determined by combining the institution’s survey scores with the assessment of the institution’s ability to meet thresholds for Student Retention, Graduation, Job Placement, Loan Repayment, Persistence (Degree Advancement or Transfer) and Loan Default rates for all students and, specifically, for student veterans.