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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Other Engineering-Related Fields for a Master’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 138 people earned their degree in other engineering-related fields, making the major the 897th most popular in the United States.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 113 other engineering-related fields graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
One Size Does Not Fit All
The other engineering-related fields 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 the Far Western US Region for Other Engineering-Related Fields for a Master’s”.
We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. We encourage you to try it out and pit your favorite colleges and universities head to head! If you don’t have time right now, you can bookmark it for later.
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 Master’s”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Art Center College of Design. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Other Engineering-Related Fields for a Master’s list. Art Center College of Design is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Pasadena, California. It awarded 9 masters’s other engineering-related fields degrees in 2020-2021.
Art Center College of Design also took the #1 spot in our “Best Other Engineering-Related Fields Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking.Of the 2,182 students enrolled at Art Center College of Design, 22 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 13 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $20,266. In addition to receiving other benefits, 6 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. 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%.
[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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