2023 Best Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Hawaii
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Ranked Colleges
238
Degrees Awarded
$60,419
Avg Salary
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 Hawaii for Engineering for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
With 198,468 degrees handed out in 2020-2021, engineering is the 7th most popular major in the United States. In 2019-2020, engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $68,653 and had an average of $23,855 in loans still to pay off.
Across Hawaii, there were 301 engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,419 and $20,625 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 238 engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,385 and $28,544 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great 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 engineering program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
One Size Does Not Fit All
The engineering school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Veteran Friendly in Hawaii for Engineering for a Bachelor’s”.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Hawaii for Engineering for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Hawaii for Engineering for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 1 Best Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Hawaii
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Hawaii at Manoa. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Hawaii for Engineering for a Bachelor’s. Located in Honolulu, Hawaii, this fairly large public school awarded 238 degrees to qualified bachelors’s engineering students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UH Manoa, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Hawaii” ranking.Among the 18,025 students enrolled at UH Manoa, 3 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 4 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $22,153. During this same period, 0 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%.
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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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