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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 Missouri for Metallurgical Engineering for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Metallurgical Engineering is the 319th most popular major in the country with 179 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, metallurgical engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $67,658 and had an average of $21,462 in loans still to pay off.
Across Missouri, there were 21 metallurgical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,706 and $22,540 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 20 metallurgical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,023 and $28,243 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent metallurgical 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 metallurgical engineering program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in Missouri for Metallurgical Engineering for a Bachelor’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Missouri for Metallurgical Engineering for a Bachelor’s”.
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Missouri for Metallurgical Engineering for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Missouri University of Science and Technology landed the #1 spot on the list. Missouri University of Science and Technology is a medium-sized public school situated in Rolla, Missouri. It awarded 20 bachelors’s metallurgical engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
Missouri University of Science and Technology not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Metallurgical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list.Of the 7,642 students enrolled at Missouri University of Science and Technology, 306 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 185 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $7,588. To help with additional expenses, 13 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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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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