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When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Other Engineering Technologies & Engineering-Related Fields for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 1,768 people earned their degree in other engineering technologies and engineering-related fields, making the major the 347th most popular in the United States.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 424 other engineering technologies and engineering-related fields graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Other Engineering Technologies & Engineering-Related Fields for a Master’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in other engineering technologies and engineering-related fields. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great other engineering technologies and engineering-related fields programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the other engineering technologies and engineering-related fields program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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The other engineering technologies & engineering-related fields school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Other Engineering Technologies & Engineering-Related Fields for a Master’s”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Other Engineering Technologies & Engineering-Related Fields for a Master’s”.
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region 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. Purdue University - Main Campus is located in West Lafayette, Indiana and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 48 masters’s other engineering technologies and engineering-related fields degrees to qualified students.
Purdue not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Other Engineering Technologies & Engineering-Related Fields Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” 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. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northwestern University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Other Engineering Technologies & Engineering-Related Fields for a Master’s. Northwestern is located in Evanston, Illinois and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 44 masters’s other engineering technologies and engineering-related fields degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Northwestern, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Other Engineering Technologies & Engineering-Related Fields Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 1 of the 22,603 students enrolled at Northwestern were GI Bill® students, of which 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $399. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
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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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