2023 Best General Engineering Science Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region
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Degrees Awarded
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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 the Plains States Region for Engineering Science for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
General Engineering Science is the 342nd most popular major in the country with 1,454 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Plains States region, there were 27 general engineering science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 22 general engineering science graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,046 and $29,021 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general engineering science 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 general engineering science program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Engineering Science for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Engineering Science for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 1 Best General Engineering Science Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wartburg College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Engineering Science for a Bachelor’s list. This small school is located in Waverly, Iowa, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s engineering science degrees in 2020-2021.
Wartburg not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Engineering Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list.Among the 1,563 students enrolled at Wartburg College, 21 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 11 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $8,932. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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 Wartburg College Veteran Student Life Report
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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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