2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for General Petroleum Engineering for a Master’s

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 Far Western US Region for General Petroleum Engineering for a Master’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2020-2021, 1,256 people earned their degree in general petroleum engineering, making the major the 379th most popular in the United States.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 31 general petroleum engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for General Petroleum Engineering for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general petroleum engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general petroleum 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 general petroleum engineering program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for General Petroleum Engineering for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region master’s degree vets studying general petroleum engineering.

Top 2 Best General Petroleum Engineering Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Far Western US Region

1

University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California

1,311 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern California. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for General Petroleum Engineering for a Master’s list. University of Southern California is a large school located in Los Angeles, California that handed out 19 masters’s general petroleum engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at USC, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Petroleum Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking.Among the 46,287 students enrolled at University of Southern California, 1,311 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 862 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $20,487. In addition to receiving other benefits, 388 students received funds 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 91%, 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%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Full University of Southern California Veteran Student Life Report

2

University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fairbanks, Alaska

665 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Alaska Fairbanks. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for General Petroleum Engineering for a Master’s list. UAF is a medium-sized school located in Fairbanks, Alaska that handed out 3 masters’s general petroleum engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

UAF also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Petroleum Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking.Of the 6,813 students enrolled at UAF, 665 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 417 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $4,685. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. UAF does offer credit for military training for eligible students.

Full University of Alaska Fairbanks Veteran Student Life Report

• Best General Petroleum Engineering Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

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

Footnotes

• *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.