2023 Best Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region
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Degrees Awarded
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Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Naval Architecture for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering is the 620th most popular major in the country with 445 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 58 naval architecture and marine engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 23 naval architecture and marine engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,343 and $26,790 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality naval architecture and marine engineering programs as well as strong veteran support.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the naval architecture and marine engineering program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Naval Architecture for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region bachelor’s degree vets studying naval architecture.
Top 1 Best Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Naval Architecture for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor landed the #1 spot on the list. Ann Arbor, Michigan is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s naval architecture degrees to 23 students in 2020-2021.
U-M also made our “Best Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #1.Among the 47,907 students enrolled at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, 570 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 325 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $27,058. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%. 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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at U-M]](/colleges/university-of-michigan-ann-arbor/student-life/veterans/)
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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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