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Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 for Other Engineering Technologies & Engineering-Related Fields for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Other Engineering Technologies & Engineering-Related Fields is the 347th most popular major in the country with 1,768 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly for Other Engineering Technologies & Engineering-Related Fields for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in other engineering technologies and engineering-related fields. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent other engineering technologies and 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 other engineering technologies and engineering-related fields program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly for Other Engineering Technologies & Engineering-Related Fields for a Master’s”.
Out of the 6 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly for Other Engineering Technologies & Engineering-Related Fields for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Purdue University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in West Lafayette, Indiana, and it awarded 48 masters’s other engineering technologies and engineering-related fields degrees in 2020-2021.
Purdue did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Other Engineering Technologies & Engineering-Related Fields Master’s Degree Schools” list.Of the 46,655 students enrolled at Purdue, 1 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $7,765. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Purdue offers credit for military training for eligible students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. 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 Purdue]](/colleges/purdue-university-main-campus/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arizona State University - Tempe. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly for Other Engineering Technologies & Engineering-Related Fields for a Master’s. Arizona State University - Tempe is located in Tempe, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 masters’s other engineering technologies and engineering-related fields degrees to qualified students.
ASU - Tempe not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Other Engineering Technologies & Engineering-Related Fields Master’s Degree Schools” list.Our most recent data shows that 7,566 of the 74,795 students enrolled at ASU - Tempe were GI Bill® students, of which 3,828 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,068. In addition to receiving other benefits, 672 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. ASU - Tempe 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 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Jacksonville State University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Veteran Friendly for Other Engineering Technologies & Engineering-Related Fields for a Master’s. This medium-sized school is located in Jacksonville, Alabama, and it awarded 5 masters’s other engineering technologies and engineering-related fields degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Jacksonville State University, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Other Engineering Technologies & Engineering-Related Fields Master’s Degree Schools” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 371 of the 9,238 students enrolled at Jacksonville State University were GI Bill® students, of which 125 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $4,159. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Jacksonville State University]](/colleges/jacksonville-state-university/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Carolina at Charlotte. The school came in at #4 for the Most Veteran Friendly for Other Engineering Technologies & Engineering-Related Fields for a Master’s. University of North Carolina at Charlotte is a public institution located in Charlotte, North Carolina. The school has a large population, and it awarded 6 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
UNC Charlotte also took the #3 spot in our “Best Other Engineering Technologies & Engineering-Related Fields Master’s Degree Schools” ranking.Among the 30,146 students enrolled at UNC Charlotte, 1,476 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 642 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $4,691. During this same period, 13 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full UNC Charlotte Veteran Student Life Report
Out of the 6 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly for Other Engineering Technologies & Engineering-Related Fields for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Kansas State University landed the #5 spot on the list. Kansas State University is a large school located in Manhattan, Kansas that handed out 8 masters’s other engineering technologies and engineering-related fields degrees in 2020-2021.
K -State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Other Engineering Technologies & Engineering-Related Fields Master’s Degree Schools” list.Our most recent data shows that 1,099 of the 20,854 students enrolled at Kansas State University were GI Bill® students, of which 647 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,562. During this same period, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Kansas State University does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.
Full Kansas State University Veteran Student Life Report
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