2023 Best General Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Pennsylvania
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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Engineering for a Bachelor’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
General Engineering is the 96th most popular major in the country with 9,018 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Pennsylvania, there were 444 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 266 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,741 and $27,572 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Engineering for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general engineering programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general 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 Pennsylvania for Engineering for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Engineering for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 7 Best General Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Pennsylvania
Out of the 7 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Engineering for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Carnegie Mellon University landed the #1 spot on the list. Carnegie Mellon University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It awarded 22 bachelors’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
Carnegie Mellon also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking.Among the 13,519 students enrolled at Carnegie Mellon University, 117 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 72 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $18,422. During this same period, 36 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. 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 Carnegie Mellon University]](/colleges/carnegie-mellon-university/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Messiah University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Engineering for a Bachelor’s list. This small school is located in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 55 bachelors’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
Messiah did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best General Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list.Among the 3,370 students enrolled at Messiah University, 72 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 45 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $15,642. In addition to receiving other benefits, 20 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Messiah University offers credit for military training for eligible students.
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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
Full Messiah Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Temple University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Engineering for a Bachelor’s. Temple is a large school located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that handed out 8 bachelors’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
Temple did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best General Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list.According to our most recent data, Temple University supports 37,236 students, and 830 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 510 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $13,479. During this same period, 9 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Temple University does offer credit for military training for eligible 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.
Full Temple Veteran Student Life Report
Out of the 7 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Engineering for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Geneva College landed the #4 spot on the list. Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s engineering degrees to 50 students in 2020-2021.
Geneva not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best General Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list.Of the 1,349 students enrolled at Geneva, 28 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 20 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $13,931. To help with additional expenses, 6 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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 Geneva College Veteran Student Life Report
Out of the 7 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Engineering for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Elizabethtown College landed the #5 spot on the list. This small school is located in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 38 bachelors’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
Etown also made our “Best General Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list, coming in at #7.Our most recent data shows that 34 of the 1,881 students enrolled at Etown were GI Bill® students, of which 21 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $13,456. During this same period, 4 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate 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%.
Full Elizabethtown College Veteran Student Life Report
Lafayette College did quite well in the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Engineering for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #6. Easton, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s engineering degrees to 19 students in 2020-2021.
Lafayette did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best General Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list.Of the 2,514 students enrolled at Lafayette, 14 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 6 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $21,418. In addition to receiving other benefits, 3 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. 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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Lafayette College]](/colleges/lafayette-college/student-life/veterans/)
With a ranking of #7, Swarthmore College did quite well on the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Engineering for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 23 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s engineering students in 2020-2021.
Swarthmore also made our “Best General Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list, coming in at #2.According to our most recent data, Swarthmore College supports 1,437 students, and 7 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 4 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $17,173. On top of their other funding sources, 2 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Swarthmore]](/colleges/swarthmore-college/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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