2023 Best Engineering Science Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region

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University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, Indiana

Out of the 4 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Engineering Science for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Notre Dame landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Notre Dame, Indiana, and it awarded 42 masters’s engineering science degrees in 2020-2021.

Notre Dame also took the #1 spot in our “Best Engineering Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.Among the 12,809 students enrolled at Notre Dame, 11 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 20 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $13,670. To help with additional expenses, 7 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.

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%. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Full University of Notre Dame Veteran Student Life Report

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University of Toledo
Toledo, Ohio

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Toledo. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Engineering Science for a Master’s. University of Toledo is located in Toledo, Ohio and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 26 masters’s engineering science degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at University of Toledo, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Engineering Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.Of the 18,319 students enrolled at University of Toledo, 510 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 232 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,784. On top of their other funding sources, 11 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. University of Toledo offers credit for military training for eligible students.

[Read full report on veteran student life at University of Toledo]](/colleges/university-of-toledo/student-life/veterans/)

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Wright State University - Main Campus
Dayton, Ohio

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wright State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #3 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Engineering Science for a Master’s. Located in Dayton, Ohio, this fairly large public school handed out 30 degrees to qualified masters’s engineering science students in 2020-2021.

Wright State University - Main Campus also made our “Best Engineering Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #4.Our most recent data shows that 731 of the 10,936 students enrolled at Wright State University - Main Campus were GI Bill® students, of which 419 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $7,623. In addition to receiving other benefits, 4 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

Full Wright State University - Main Campus Veteran Student Life Report

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Kettering University
Flint, Michigan

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kettering University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Engineering Science for a Master’s list. Flint, Michigan is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s engineering science degrees to 27 students in 2020-2021.

Kettering not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Engineering Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list.Among the 2,030 students enrolled at Kettering, 54 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 39 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $17,554. On top of their other funding sources, 11 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Kettering]](/colleges/kettering-university/student-life/veterans/)