2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Construction Engineering for a Master’s
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Construction Engineering for a Master’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Construction Engineering is the 455th most popular major in the country with 878 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Plains States region, there were 106 construction engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Construction Engineering for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in construction engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality construction 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 construction engineering program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Construction Engineering for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Construction Engineering for a Master’s”.
Top 3 Best Construction Engineering Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Dakota State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Construction Engineering for a Master’s. Fargo, North Dakota is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s construction engineering degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.
North Dakota State University also made our “Best Construction Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #2.According to our most recent data, North Dakota State University supports 12,846 students, and 4 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 0 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $0. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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%.
Full North Dakota State University - Main Campus Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Washington University in St Louis. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Construction Engineering for a Master’s. Washington University in St Louis is a private not-for-profit institution located in Saint Louis, Missouri. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 19 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
WUSTL did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Construction Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list.According to our most recent data, Washington University in St Louis supports 15,449 students, and 7 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 14 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $7,972. To help with additional expenses, 1 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. 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 Washington University in St Louis]](/colleges/washington-university-in-st-louis/student-life/veterans/)
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Construction Engineering for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology landed the #3 spot on the list. South Dakota School of Mines and Technology is a public institution located in Rapid City, South Dakota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 6 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
SD Mines did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Construction Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list.According to our most recent data, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology supports 2,475 students, and 146 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 54 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $5,477. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. South Dakota School of Mines and Technology offers credit for military training for eligible students.
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 South Dakota School of Mines and Technology]](/colleges/south-dakota-school-of-mines-and-technology/student-life/veterans/)
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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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