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2023 Best Engineering-Related Fields Colleges for Veterans in Iowa

1 Ranked Colleges
120 Degrees Awarded
$26,200 Avg Cost*
Most Veteran Friendly in Iowa for Engineering-Related Fields

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 Iowa for Engineering-Related Fields” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Iowa, there were 120 engineering-related fields graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,647 and $26,875 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality engineering-related fields programs as well as strong veteran support.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the engineering-related fields program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in Iowa for Engineering-Related Fields” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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The colleges and universities below are the best for iowa vets studying engineering-related fields.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Iowa State University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Iowa for Engineering-Related Fields. Ames, Iowa is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s engineering-related fields degrees to 118 students in 2020-2021.

Iowa State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] on our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list.According to our most recent data, Iowa State University supports 31,822 students, and 814 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 388 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $7,933. In addition to receiving other benefits, 9 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Iowa State University does offer 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

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