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2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Minnesota for Engineering-Related Fields

2 Ranked Colleges
60 Degrees Awarded
$21,900 Avg Cost*
Most Veteran Friendly in Minnesota for Engineering-Related Fields

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. 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 Minnesota for Engineering-Related Fields” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 6,736 people earned their degree in engineering-related fields, making the major the 112th most popular in the United States. 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 Minnesota, there were 60 engineering-related fields graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Minnesota for Engineering-Related Fields” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in engineering-related fields. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent engineering-related fields programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.

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.

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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 Minnesota for Engineering-Related Fields” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Minnesota for Engineering-Related Fields”.

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St. Cloud State University crest
Saint Cloud State University
Saint Cloud, Minnesota

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Minnesota for Engineering-Related Fields that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Cloud State University landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Saint Cloud, Minnesota, and it awarded 48 ’s engineering-related fields degrees in 2020-2021.

St. Cloud State University also made our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list, coming in at #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS].According to our most recent data, Saint Cloud State University supports 11,841 students, and 291 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 126 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $5,067. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Saint Cloud 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%.

Full Saint Cloud State University Veteran Student Life Report

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Minnesota State University - Mankato. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Minnesota for Engineering-Related Fields. Located in Mankato, Minnesota, this fairly large public school awarded 4 diplomas to qualified ’s engineering-related fields students in 2020-2021.

In addition to being on our minnesota vets studying engineering-related fields list, Minnesota State Mankato has also earned the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] rank in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.According to our most recent data, Minnesota State Mankato supports 14,761 students, and 331 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 147 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $5,814. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

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 Minnesota State University - Mankato]](/colleges/minnesota-state-university-mankato/student-life/veterans/)

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