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

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in Wisconsin for Engineering for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2020-2021, 9,018 people earned their degree in general engineering, making the major the 96th most popular in the United States.

Across Wisconsin, there were 208 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Wisconsin for Engineering for a Master’s” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general engineering. 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in Wisconsin for Engineering for a Master’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Most Veteran Friendly in Wisconsin for Engineering for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Wisconsin for Engineering for a Master’s”.

Top 3 Best General Engineering Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Wisconsin

1

University of Wisconsin - Madison
Madison, Wisconsin

4 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Wisconsin for Engineering for a Master’s list. Located in Madison, Wisconsin, this large public school handed out 55 degrees to qualified masters’s engineering students in 2020-2021.

UW - Madison not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin” list.According to our most recent data, UW - Madison supports 44,640 students, and 4 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 0 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $0. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received scholarships through 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%.

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2

University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

983 GI Bill® Students**

#3 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Wisconsin for Engineering for a Master’s list. Located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, this large public school awarded 59 diplomas to qualified masters’s engineering students in 2020-2021.

UWM did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin” list.According to our most recent data, UWM supports 24,565 students, and 983 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 494 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,519. During this same period, 3 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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University of Wisconsin - Platteville
Platteville, Wisconsin

263 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

$5,136 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Platteville. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Wisconsin for Engineering for a Master’s list. This medium-sized school is located in Platteville, Wisconsin, and it awarded 44 masters’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

UW - Platteville also made our “Best General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin” list, coming in at #2.Among the 7,547 students enrolled at University of Wisconsin - Platteville, 263 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 131 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $5,136. To help with additional expenses, 6 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. University of Wisconsin - Platteville offers credit for military training for eligible students.

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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 Rémi Kaupp.