2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Construction Engineering for a Bachelor’s
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Ranked Colleges
148
Degrees Awarded
$65,508
Avg Salary
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 in the Great Lakes Region for Construction Engineering for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Construction Engineering is the 248th most popular major in the country with 878 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, construction engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $74,870 and had an average of $24,467 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 195 construction engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $65,508 and $25,125 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 148 construction engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,343 and $26,790 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Construction Engineering for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in construction engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent construction engineering 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 construction engineering program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Construction Engineering for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Construction Engineering for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 3 Best Construction Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Construction Engineering for a Bachelor’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 37 bachelors’s construction engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
Purdue did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Construction Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list.Of the 46,655 students enrolled at Purdue University - Main Campus, 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 received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Purdue University - Main Campus does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate 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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Purdue University - Main Campus]](/colleges/purdue-university-main-campus/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Cincinnati - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Construction Engineering for a Bachelor’s list. UC is a large school located in Cincinnati, Ohio that handed out 50 bachelors’s construction engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UC, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Construction Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.Among the 40,826 students enrolled at University of Cincinnati - Main Campus, 909 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 498 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $7,806. In addition to receiving other benefits, 15 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. University of Cincinnati - Main Campus offers 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 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
[Read full report on veteran student life at University of Cincinnati - Main Campus]](/colleges/university-of-cincinnati-main-campus/student-life/veterans/)
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Construction Engineering for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Bowling Green State University - Main Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. Bowling Green State University - Main Campus is a fairly large public school situated in Bowling Green, Ohio. It awarded 55 bachelors’s construction engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
BGSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Construction Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list.Among the 18,142 students enrolled at Bowling Green State University - Main Campus, 577 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 258 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,808. During this same period, 3 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
[Read full report on veteran student life at BGSU]](/colleges/bowling-green-state-university-main-campus/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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