2023 Most Veteran Friendly in North Carolina for Construction Engineering Tech for a Master’s
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Ranked Colleges
30
Degrees Awarded
$16,300
Avg Cost*
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 Construction Engineering Tech for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Construction Engineering Technology is the 147th most popular major in the country with 4,330 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, construction engineering technology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $62,452 and had an average of $22,347 in loans still to pay off.
Across North Carolina, there were 67 construction engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,253 and $25,500 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent construction engineering technology programs, but they also offer a lot of support to 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 construction engineering technology program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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The construction engineering tech school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Veteran Friendly in North Carolina for Construction Engineering Tech for a Master’s”.
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Most Veteran Friendly in North Carolina for Construction Engineering Tech for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in North Carolina for Construction Engineering Tech for a Master’s”.
Top 1 Best Construction Engineering Technology Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in North Carolina
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in North Carolina for Construction Engineering Tech for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Carolina University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Cullowhee, North Carolina, this fairly large public school awarded 21 diplomas to qualified masters’s construction engineering tech students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at WCU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” ranking.Of the 12,243 students enrolled at WCU, 439 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 182 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $3,242. On top of their other funding sources, 3 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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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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