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When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Other Engineering-Related Fields for a Bachelor’s” ranking.
Other Engineering-Related Fields is the 897th most popular major in the country with 138 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 113 other engineering-related fields graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 104 other engineering-related fields graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,720 and $23,024 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Other Engineering-Related Fields for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in other engineering-related fields. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great other engineering-related fields 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 other engineering-related fields program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Other Engineering-Related Fields for a Bachelor’s”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California State University - Chico. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Other Engineering-Related Fields for a Bachelor’s list. California State University - Chico is a public institution located in Chico, California. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Chico State also made our “Best Other Engineering-Related Fields Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #2.Of the 16,746 students enrolled at California State University - Chico, 354 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 166 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $5,098. During this same period, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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 Chico State]](/colleges/california-state-university-chico/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Art Center College of Design. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Other Engineering-Related Fields for a Bachelor’s. Pasadena, California is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s other engineering-related fields degrees to 59 students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Art Center College of Design, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Other Engineering-Related Fields Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking.Among the 2,182 students enrolled at Art Center College of Design, 22 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 13 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $20,266. During this same period, 6 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Art Center College of Design]](/colleges/art-center-college-of-design/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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