2023 Best Other Engineering Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region
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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 has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Other Engineering for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
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 Plains States region, there were 188 other engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,649 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Other Engineering for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered 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 Plains States Region for Other Engineering for a Master’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree vets studying other engineering.
Top 2 Best Other Engineering Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Other Engineering for a Master’s list. Minneapolis, Minnesota is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s other engineering degrees to 21 students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMN Twin Cities, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Other Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking.Of the 52,017 students enrolled at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, 752 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 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. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at UMN Twin Cities]](/colleges/university-of-minnesota-twin-cities/student-life/veterans/)
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Other Engineering for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Washington University in St Louis landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Saint Louis, Missouri, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 43 diplomas to qualified masters’s other engineering students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at WUSTL, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Other Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 7 of the 15,449 students enrolled at Washington University in St Louis were GI Bill® students, of which 14 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $7,972. On top of their other funding sources, 1 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. 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 Washington University in St Louis]](/colleges/washington-university-in-st-louis/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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