2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Other Engineering for a Master’s
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When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Other Engineering for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Other Engineering is the 177th most popular major in the country with 2,760 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, other engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $75,713 and had an average of $25,106 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 536 other engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $82,396 and $24,326 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Other Engineering for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 9 colleges that offer a degree in other engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent other 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 other 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 Other Engineering for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Other Engineering for a Master’s”.
Top 9 Best Other Engineering Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Other Engineering for a Master’s. Ann Arbor, Michigan is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s other engineering degrees to 10 students in 2020-2021.
U-M also took the #4 spot in our “Best Other Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 570 of the 47,907 students enrolled at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor were GI Bill® students, of which 325 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $27,058. 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 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full U-M Veteran Student Life Report
Out of the 9 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Other Engineering for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Ohio State University - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. Ohio State is a large public school situated in Columbus, Ohio. It awarded 20 masters’s other engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
Ohio State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Other Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 2 of the 61,369 students enrolled at Ohio State were GI Bill® students, of which 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $0. On top of their other funding sources, 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 impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, 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 Purdue University - Main Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Other Engineering for a Master’s list. West Lafayette, Indiana is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s other engineering degrees to 35 students in 2020-2021.
Purdue not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Other Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list.Among the 46,655 students enrolled at Purdue, 1 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $7,765. 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 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 93%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Purdue University - Main Campus]](/colleges/purdue-university-main-campus/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Michigan - Dearborn. The school came in at #4 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Other Engineering for a Master’s. This medium-sized school is located in Dearborn, Michigan, and it awarded 61 masters’s other engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UM Dearborn, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Other Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, University of Michigan - Dearborn supports 8,783 students, and 159 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 111 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $9,134. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. University of Michigan - Dearborn does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
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 be in good company if you decide to attend Wayne State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Other Engineering for a Master’s list. Detroit, Michigan is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s other engineering degrees to 13 students in 2020-2021.
Wayne State also took the #9 spot in our “Best Other Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, Wayne State University supports 26,241 students, and 470 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 244 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $9,101. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Wayne State]](/colleges/wayne-state-university/student-life/veterans/)
University of Illinois at Chicago came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Other Engineering for a Master’s ranking. UIC is a large public school situated in Chicago, Illinois. It awarded 14 masters’s other engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our great lakes region master’s degree vets studying other engineering list, UIC has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Other Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 1 of the 33,518 students enrolled at UIC were GI Bill® students, of which 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $23,878. During this same period, 0 students received funds through 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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at University of Illinois at Chicago]](/colleges/university-of-illinois-at-chicago/student-life/veterans/)
Northwestern University landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Other Engineering for a Master’s ranking. Northwestern University is a large school located in Evanston, Illinois that handed out 93 masters’s other engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our great lakes region master’s degree vets studying other engineering list, Northwestern has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Other Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.Among the 22,603 students enrolled at Northwestern, 1 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $399. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Full Northwestern University Veteran Student Life Report
Illinois Institute of Technology came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Other Engineering for a Master’s ranking. Illinois Tech is located in Chicago, Illinois and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 22 masters’s other engineering degrees to qualified students.
In addition to being on our great lakes region master’s degree vets studying other engineering list, Illinois Tech has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Other Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 83 of the 6,325 students enrolled at Illinois Institute of Technology were GI Bill® students, of which 52 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $14,905. On top of their other funding sources, 14 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Illinois Institute of Technology does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
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%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Illinois Institute of Technology]](/colleges/illinois-institute-of-technology/student-life/veterans/)
Lawrence Technological University did quite well in the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Other Engineering for a Master’s ranking, coming in at #9. Lawrence Technological University is a small school located in Southfield, Michigan that handed out 14 masters’s other engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
Lawrence Tech also made our “Best Other Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #8.Of the 2,812 students enrolled at Lawrence Tech, 70 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 19 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $13,401. In addition to receiving other benefits, 1 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Lawrence Tech does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
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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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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