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

With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in Alabama for Engineering for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2020-2021, 11,796 people earned their degree in general engineering, making the major the 79th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, general engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $68,873 and had an average of $20,557 in loans still to pay off.

Across Alabama, there were 225 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $76,421 and $26,000 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Alabama for Engineering for a Master’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general engineering programs and a strong support system for 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 engineering program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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

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

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

1

University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama

1,194 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Alabama at Birmingham. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Alabama for Engineering for a Master’s list. University of Alabama at Birmingham is a large school located in Birmingham, Alabama that handed out 143 masters’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UAB, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Alabama” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 1,194 of the 22,563 students enrolled at UAB were GI Bill® students, of which 508 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $7,983. In addition to receiving other benefits, 15 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. UAB offers 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Full University of Alabama at Birmingham Veteran Student Life Report

2

University of Alabama in Huntsville
Huntsville, Alabama

645 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

$5,721 Average GI Bill® Award

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Alabama for Engineering for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alabama in Huntsville landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Alabama in Huntsville is a medium-sized school located in Huntsville, Alabama that handed out 76 masters’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

UAH did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Alabama” list.According to our most recent data, University of Alabama in Huntsville supports 9,999 students, and 645 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 294 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $5,721. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

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%.

Full University of Alabama in Huntsville Veteran Student Life Report

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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.