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Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Other Engineering-Related Fields for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Methodist University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Dallas, Texas, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 1 degrees to qualified masters’s other engineering-related fields students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at SMU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Other Engineering-Related Fields Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking.Among the 12,373 students enrolled at SMU, 327 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 215 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $15,612. On top of their other funding sources, 103 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. SMU does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
[Read full report on veteran student life at SMU]](/colleges/southern-methodist-university/student-life/veterans/)