2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Other Engineering for a Bachelor’s
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Other Engineering for a Bachelor’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 2,760 people earned their degree in other engineering, making the major the 252nd most popular in the United States.
Across the Southeast region, there were 540 other engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 98 other engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,400 and $27,180 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Other Engineering for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in other engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great other engineering programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the other engineering program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Other Engineering for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Other Engineering for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 3 Best Other Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Other Engineering for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Mississippi State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Mississippi State, Mississippi, this large public school handed out 48 degrees to qualified bachelors’s other engineering students in 2020-2021.
Mississippi State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Other Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 1,170 of the 22,986 students enrolled at Mississippi State University were GI Bill® students, of which 676 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $5,684. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Mississippi State University does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full Mississippi State University Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Auburn University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Other Engineering for a Bachelor’s list. This large school is located in Auburn, Alabama, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s other engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree vets studying other engineering list, Auburn has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Other Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking.Of the 30,737 students enrolled at Auburn, 1,499 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 746 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,423. During this same period, 68 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 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Louisiana Tech University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Other Engineering for a Bachelor’s list. Louisiana Tech is a fairly large school located in Ruston, Louisiana that handed out 31 bachelors’s other engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Louisiana Tech, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Other Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking.Of the 11,126 students enrolled at Louisiana Tech, 29 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 26 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $2,493. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Louisiana Tech offers credit for military training for eligible students.
Full Louisiana Tech Veteran Student Life Report
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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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