Military Times Lists Gateway Among Top Ten Best for Vets Colleges

Gateway Community & Technical College is among the top 10 career and technical colleges in the nation named Best for Vets by Military Times. The ranking focuses on benefits coverage, support services and an in-depth analysis of a colleges efforts to provide veterans with an environment for success.

This is the second consecutive year that Gateway has been listed as a Best for Vets college and is the only Kentucky community college to make the list.

The ranking recognizes the support we give veterans and their families through Gateway VETS, which stands for Veterans Employment and Training Services, said Gateway President/CEO Ed Hughes. Gateway VETS is designed to help ease the transition from military service to college and community. We offer job placement services and career counseling as well as the educational credentials that are the pathway to a good job.

Army Vet Daniel Ridley and Navy Vet Chris Courtney manage the program.

As with all Best for Vets rankings, Best for Vets: Career amp; Technical Colleges is an editorially independent news project that evaluates the many factors that make an organization a good fit for military veterans and families.

For the full Best for Vets: Career amp; Technical Colleges 2015 rankings, go to: www.militarytimes.com/bestforvets-ctc2015.

The rankings are published in full in the October issue of Military Times EDGE magazine and online at MilitaryTimes.com, as well as ArmyTimes.com, NavyTimes.com, AirForceTimes.com and MarineCorpsTimes.com.