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2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Minnesota for ME for a Master’s

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Most Veteran Friendly in Minnesota for ME for a Master's

When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Minnesota for ME for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2020-2021, 46,178 people earned their degree in mechanical engineering, making the major the 21st most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, mechanical engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $69,007 and had an average of $23,944 in loans still to pay off.

Across Minnesota, there were 582 mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $69,341 and $26,862 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Minnesota for ME for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in mechanical engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent mechanical 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 mechanical 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 Minnesota for ME for a Master’s

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

Top 2 Best Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Minnesota

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Minnesota for ME for a Master’s. Minneapolis, Minnesota is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s ME degrees to 60 students in 2020-2021.

UMN Twin Cities not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota” list.Our most recent data shows that 752 of the 52,017 students enrolled at UMN Twin Cities were GI Bill® students, of which 436 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $13,020. 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.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.

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Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Minnesota for ME for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of St Thomas Minnesota landed the #2 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and it awarded 12 masters’s ME degrees in 2020-2021.

UST MN not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota” list.According to our most recent data, University of St Thomas Minnesota supports 9,792 students, and 2 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.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. 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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