2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Civil Engineering Tech for a Bachelor’s

With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 the Southeast Region for Civil Engineering Tech for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 1,187 people earned their degree in civil engineering technology, making the major the 237th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, civil engineering technology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $54,421 and had an average of $25,812 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 415 civil engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,157 and $27,194 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 84 civil engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,400 and $27,180 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Civil Engineering Tech for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in civil engineering technology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great civil engineering technology programs and a strong support system for 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 civil engineering technology program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Civil Engineering Tech for a Bachelor’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree vets studying civil engineering tech.

Top 3 Best Civil Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region

1

Murray State University
Murray, Kentucky

401 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Murray State University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Civil Engineering Tech for a Bachelor’s. Located in Murray, Kentucky, this medium-sized public school handed out 30 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s civil engineering tech students in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Murray State, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Civil Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking.Of the 9,449 students enrolled at Murray State, 401 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 133 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,362. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

Full Murray State University Veteran Student Life Report

2

Fairmont State University
Fairmont, West Virginia

165 GI Bill® Students**

#3 in overall quality

$5,903 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Fairmont State University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Civil Engineering Tech for a Bachelor’s. This small school is located in Fairmont, West Virginia, and it awarded 18 bachelors’s civil engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Fairmont State, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Civil Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 165 of the 3,848 students enrolled at Fairmont State University were GI Bill® students, of which 63 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $5,903. In addition to receiving other benefits, 1 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Fairmont State]](/colleges/fairmont-state-university/student-life/veterans/)

3

University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Charlotte, North Carolina

1,476 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Carolina at Charlotte. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Civil Engineering Tech for a Bachelor’s list. This large school is located in Charlotte, North Carolina, and it awarded 21 bachelors’s civil engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.

UNC Charlotte also made our “Best Civil Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #2.Our most recent data shows that 1,476 of the 30,146 students enrolled at UNC Charlotte were GI Bill® students, of which 642 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $4,691. On top of their other funding sources, 13 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at UNC Charlotte]](/colleges/university-of-north-carolina-at-charlotte/student-life/veterans/)

• Best Civil Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

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

Footnotes

• *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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Sean Mack.