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With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in Texas for Engineering-Related Fields for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Engineering-Related Fields is the 112th most popular major in the country with 6,736 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, engineering-related fields graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $77,404 and had an average of $26,200 in loans still to pay off.
Across Texas, there were 271 engineering-related fields graduates with average earnings and debt of $86,038 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Texas for Engineering-Related Fields for a Master’s” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in engineering-related fields. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality engineering-related fields programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the engineering-related fields program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in Texas for Engineering-Related Fields for a Master’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools 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 Texas for Engineering-Related Fields for a Master’s”.
Out of the 5 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Texas for Engineering-Related Fields for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in College Station, Texas, this large public school handed out 53 diplomas to qualified masters’s engineering-related fields students in 2020-2021.
Texas A&M College Station did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Engineering-Related Fields Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list.Among the 70,418 students enrolled at Texas A&M College Station, 5 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 4 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $4,925. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 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 94%. 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%.
Full Texas A&M College Station Veteran Student Life Report
Out of the 5 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Texas for Engineering-Related Fields for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Methodist University landed the #2 spot on the list. Southern Methodist University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Dallas, Texas. It awarded 49 masters’s engineering-related fields degrees in 2020-2021.
SMU also took the #1 spot in our “Best Engineering-Related Fields Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking.According to our most recent data, Southern Methodist University supports 12,373 students, and 327 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 215 are 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 received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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 freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas State University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Texas for Engineering-Related Fields for a Master’s. Texas State University is a large school located in San Marcos, Texas that handed out 7 masters’s engineering-related fields degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Texas State, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Engineering-Related Fields Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking.According to our most recent data, Texas State supports 37,812 students, and 2,559 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 1,197 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $7,635. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Texas State offers credit for military training for eligible students.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas A&M University - Kingsville. The school came in at #4 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Texas for Engineering-Related Fields for a Master’s. Texas A&M Kingsville is located in Kingsville, Texas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 11 masters’s engineering-related fields degrees to qualified students.
Texas A&M Kingsville did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Engineering-Related Fields Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list.Our most recent data shows that 215 of the 6,932 students enrolled at Texas A&M University - Kingsville were GI Bill® students, of which 96 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,743. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Texas A&M University - Kingsville offers credit for military training for eligible students.
Full Texas A&M Kingsville Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Tyler. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Texas for Engineering-Related Fields for a Master’s list. Located in Tyler, Texas, this medium-sized public school awarded 26 diplomas to qualified masters’s engineering-related fields students in 2020-2021.
UT Tyler not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Engineering-Related Fields Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list.According to our most recent data, UT Tyler supports 9,781 students, and 397 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 199 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $5,846. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. UT Tyler offers credit for military training for eligible students.
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%.
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