2023 Best General Systems Engineering Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Virginia

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in Virginia for General Systems Engineering for a Master’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.

General Systems Engineering is the 209th most popular major in the country with 3,904 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across Virginia, there were 227 general systems engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Virginia for General Systems Engineering for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in general systems engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general systems engineering programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general systems engineering program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Veteran Friendly in Virginia for General Systems Engineering for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Virginia for General Systems Engineering for a Master’s”.

Top 2 Best General Systems Engineering Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Virginia

1

University of Virginia - Main Campus
Charlottesville, Virginia

3 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Virginia - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Virginia for General Systems Engineering for a Master’s list. University of Virginia - Main Campus is located in Charlottesville, Virginia and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 45 masters’s general systems engineering degrees to qualified students.

University of Virginia not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Systems Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list.Among the 25,628 students enrolled at University of Virginia - Main Campus, 3 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $0. On top of their other funding sources, 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.

[Read full report on veteran student life at University of Virginia - Main Campus]](/colleges/university-of-virginia-main-campus/student-life/veterans/)

2

George Mason University
Fairfax, Virginia

2,334 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

$10,710 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend George Mason University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Virginia for General Systems Engineering for a Master’s list. Fairfax, Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s general systems engineering degrees to 20 students in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at GMU, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best General Systems Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” ranking.Among the 38,541 students enrolled at GMU, 2,334 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1,583 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $10,710. During this same period, 42 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. GMU offers credit for military training for eligible students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, 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%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at GMU]](/colleges/george-mason-university/student-life/veterans/)

• Best General Systems Engineering Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region
• Best General Systems 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.

Credits

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