2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Environmental Engineering Tech for a Bachelor’s
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Ranked Colleges
117
Degrees Awarded
$25,500
Avg Cost*
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 the Southeast Region for Environmental Engineering Tech for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Environmental Engineering Technology/Environmental Technology is the 654th most popular major in the country with 414 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southeast region, there were 145 environmental engineering technology/environmental technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 117 environmental engineering technology/environmental technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,400 and $27,180 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Environmental Engineering Tech for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in environmental engineering technology/environmental technology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent environmental engineering technology/environmental technology 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 environmental engineering technology/environmental technology program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Environmental Engineering Tech for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Environmental Engineering Tech for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 2 Best Environmental Engineering Technology/Environmental Technology Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Environmental Engineering Tech for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, North Carolina State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Raleigh, North Carolina, this large public school handed out 37 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s environmental engineering techn students in 2020-2021.
NC State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Environmental Engineering Technology/Environmental Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list.According to our most recent data, NC State supports 36,042 students, and 1,102 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 493 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $5,886. To help with additional expenses, 27 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. NC State 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.
Full North Carolina State University Veteran Student Life Report
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Environmental Engineering Tech for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Appalachian State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Appalachian State University is located in Boone, North Carolina and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 80 bachelors’s environmental engineering techn degrees to qualified students.
Appalachian State also took the #2 spot in our “Best Environmental Engineering Technology/Environmental Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking.Of the 20,023 students enrolled at Appalachian State University, 780 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 393 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,464. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
Full Appalachian State Veteran Student Life Report
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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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