2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Geological & Geophysical Engineering for a Bachelor’s
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$39,600
Avg Cost*
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Geological & Geophysical Engineering for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Geological & Geophysical Engineering is the 726th most popular major in the country with 325 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 31 geological and geophysical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 24 geological and geophysical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,343 and $26,790 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality geological and geophysical engineering programs as well as strong veteran support.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the geological and geophysical engineering program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Geological & Geophysical Engineering for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region bachelor’s degree vets studying geological & geophysical engineering.
Top 1 Best Geological & Geophysical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region
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 the Great Lakes Region for Geological & Geophysical Engineering for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Madison, Wisconsin, this large public school awarded 21 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s geological and geophysical engineering students in 2020-2021.
UW - Madison did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Geological & Geophysical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 4 of the 44,640 students enrolled at UW - Madison were GI Bill® students, of which 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $0. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%. 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%.
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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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