2023 Best General Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Arizona

With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in Arizona for Environmental Engineering for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

General Environmental Engineering is the 240th most popular major in the country with 2,759 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across Arizona, there were 88 general environmental engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Arizona for Environmental Engineering for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general environmental engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general environmental engineering programs, but they also offer a lot of support to 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 environmental engineering program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The environmental engineering school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Veteran Friendly in Arizona for Environmental Engineering for a Master’s”.

We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

Most Veteran Friendly in Arizona for Environmental Engineering for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for arizona master’s degree vets studying environmental engineering.

Top 2 Best General Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Arizona

1

Arizona State University - Tempe
Tempe, Arizona

7,566 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Arizona for Environmental Engineering for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Tempe, Arizona, this large public school handed out 16 diplomas to qualified masters’s environmental engineering students in 2020-2021.

ASU - Tempe also made our “Best General Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Arizona” list, coming in at #2.According to our most recent data, ASU - Tempe supports 74,795 students, and 7,566 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 3,828 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,068. To help with additional expenses, 672 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, 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 Arizona State University - Tempe]](/colleges/arizona-state-university/student-life/veterans/)

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University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona

2,131 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Arizona for Environmental Engineering for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arizona landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Arizona is a large public school situated in Tucson, Arizona. It awarded 6 masters’s environmental engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

University of Arizona did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Arizona” list.Of the 45,601 students enrolled at University of Arizona, 2,131 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1,478 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $8,880. In addition to receiving other benefits, 31 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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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

Footnotes

• *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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alesia Goosic.