2023 Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in District of Columbia
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Ranked Colleges
29
Degrees Awarded
$43,300
Avg Cost*
Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in District of Columbia for EE for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Electrical Engineering is the 30th most popular major in the country with 28,166 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across District of Columbia, there were 123 electrical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 29 electrical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,584 and $27,317 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality electrical engineering programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the electrical 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 District of Columbia for EE for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in District of Columbia for EE for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 1 Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in District of Columbia
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Catholic University of America. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in District of Columbia for EE for a Bachelor’s list. This medium-sized school is located in Washington, District of Columbia, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s EE degrees in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our district of columbia bachelor’s degree vets studying ee list, CUA has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 196 of the 5,366 students enrolled at CUA were GI Bill® students, of which 123 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $12,878. During this same period, 53 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. CUA does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Catholic University of America]](/colleges/catholic-university-of-america/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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