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2023 Best General Manufacturing Engineering Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region

5 Ranked Colleges
98 Degrees Awarded
$29,500 Avg Cost*
Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for General Manufacturing Engineering for a Master's

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. 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 Southwest Region for General Manufacturing Engineering for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 947 people earned their degree in general manufacturing engineering, making the major the 447th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 150 general manufacturing engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for General Manufacturing Engineering for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in general manufacturing engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general manufacturing engineering programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general manufacturing engineering program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for General Manufacturing Engineering for a Master’s

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

Top 5 Best General Manufacturing Engineering Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Tempe. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for General Manufacturing Engineering for a Master’s list. Arizona State University - Tempe is a large school located in Tempe, Arizona that handed out 16 masters’s general manufacturing engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

In addition to being on our southwest region master’s degree vets studying general manufacturing engineering list, ASU - Tempe has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best General Manufacturing Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking.Of the 74,795 students enrolled at ASU - Tempe, 7,566 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 3,828 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,068. On top of their other funding sources, 672 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

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 86%.

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Out of the 5 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for General Manufacturing Engineering for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at San Antonio landed the #2 spot on the list. The University of Texas at San Antonio is located in San Antonio, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 9 masters’s general manufacturing engineering degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our southwest region master’s degree vets studying general manufacturing engineering list, UTSA has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best General Manufacturing Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking.Of the 34,742 students enrolled at UTSA, 3,565 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1,847 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $7,531. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for 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%.

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Out of the 5 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for General Manufacturing Engineering for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Methodist University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Dallas, Texas, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 57 diplomas to qualified masters’s general manufacturing engineering students in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SMU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Manufacturing Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking.Of the 12,373 students enrolled at SMU, 327 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 215 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $15,612. During this same period, 103 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for General Manufacturing Engineering for a Master’s list. Edinburg, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s general manufacturing engineering degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.

UT Rio Grande Valley did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best General Manufacturing Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 871 of the 32,441 students enrolled at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley were GI Bill® students, of which 302 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $4,560. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

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%.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at El Paso. The school came in at #5 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for General Manufacturing Engineering for a Master’s. UTEP is a large school located in El Paso, Texas that handed out 10 masters’s general manufacturing engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

UTEP also made our “Best General Manufacturing Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #5.Our most recent data shows that 1,873 of the 24,879 students enrolled at The University of Texas at El Paso were GI Bill® students, of which 942 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $5,990. In addition to receiving other benefits, 2 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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