2023 Best Applied Engineering Colleges for Veterans
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$31,500
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When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly for Applied Engineering” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Applied Engineering is the 755th most popular major in the country with 341 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly for Applied Engineering” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in applied engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality applied engineering programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the applied engineering program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly for Applied Engineering” list to help you make the college decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly for Applied Engineering
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly for Applied Engineering”.
Top 4 Best Applied Engineering Colleges for Veterans
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Colorado Boulder. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Applied Engineering list. Located in Boulder, Colorado, this large public school awarded 61 diplomas to qualified ’s applied engineering students in 2020-2021.
CU - Boulder also made our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list, coming in at #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS].According to our most recent data, University of Colorado Boulder supports 37,437 students, and 1,379 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 968 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $12,889. In addition to receiving other benefits, 46 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. 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%.
Full CU - Boulder Veteran Student Life Report
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly for Applied Engineering that were part of this year’s ranking, Massachusetts Maritime Academy landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, and it awarded 60 ’s applied engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
Maritime also made our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list, coming in at #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS].Among the 1,637 students enrolled at Massachusetts Maritime Academy, 75 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 31 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $8,796. To help with additional expenses, 10 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.
Full Massachusetts Maritime Academy Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ohio University - Athens Campus. The school came in at #3 for the Most Veteran Friendly for Applied Engineering. Ohio University - Athens Campus is a large public school situated in Athens, Ohio. It awarded 148 ’s applied engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
OHIO Athens also took the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] spot in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 726 of the 25,714 students enrolled at Ohio University - Athens Campus were GI Bill® students, of which 324 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,725. On top of their other funding sources, 10 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Ohio University - Athens Campus does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgia Southern University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Applied Engineering list. Located in Statesboro, Georgia, this large public school handed out 9 diplomas to qualified ’s applied engineering students in 2020-2021.
GaSou also made our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list, coming in at #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS].According to our most recent data, Georgia Southern University supports 26,949 students, and 1,102 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 406 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $3,665. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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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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