2023 Best General Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region
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Ranked Colleges
94
Degrees Awarded
$22,100
Avg Cost*
Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Engineering for a Bachelor’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
General Engineering is the 96th most popular major in the country with 9,018 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Plains States region, there were 325 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 94 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,046 and $29,021 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general engineering programs as well as strong veteran support.
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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Engineering for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree vets studying engineering.
Top 1 Best General Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Engineering for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Minnesota State University - Mankato landed the #1 spot on the list. Mankato, Minnesota is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s engineering degrees to 34 students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Minnesota State Mankato, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking.Of the 14,761 students enrolled at Minnesota State Mankato, 331 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 147 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $5,814. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Minnesota State Mankato offers credit for military training for eligible 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%.
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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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