2023 Best Architectural Engineering Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region

With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Architectural Engineering for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Architectural Engineering is the 239th most popular major in the country with 1,012 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, architectural engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $65,501 and had an average of $25,395 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Plains States region, there were 187 architectural engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,368 and $23,707 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Architectural Engineering for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in architectural engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality architectural engineering 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 architectural engineering program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Architectural Engineering for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree vets studying architectural engineering.

Top 2 Best Architectural Engineering Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region

1

University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Lincoln, Nebraska

690 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Architectural Engineering for a Master’s. UNL is a large school located in Lincoln, Nebraska that handed out 35 masters’s architectural engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

In addition to being on our plains states region master’s degree vets studying architectural engineering list, UNL has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Architectural Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 690 of the 25,108 students enrolled at UNL were GI Bill® students, of which 344 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,374. On top of their other funding sources, 79 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 85%. 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 University of Nebraska - Lincoln Veteran Student Life Report

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Kansas State University
Manhattan, Kansas

1,099 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

$6,562 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Kansas State University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Architectural Engineering for a Master’s. Manhattan, Kansas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s architectural engineering degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at K -State, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Architectural Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 1,099 of the 20,854 students enrolled at K -State 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. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received funds through 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

[Read full report on veteran student life at K -State]](/colleges/kansas-state-university/student-life/veterans/)

• Best Architectural Engineering Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

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

Footnotes

• *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.