2023 Best Systems Engineering Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Far Western US Region

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University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Southern California. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Systems Engineering for a Master’s. University of Southern California is a private not-for-profit institution located in Los Angeles, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 21 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

USC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Systems Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 1,311 of the 46,287 students enrolled at USC were GI Bill® students, of which 862 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $20,487. On top of their other funding sources, 388 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. USC offers credit for military training for eligible students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. 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 University of Southern California]](/colleges/university-of-southern-california/student-life/veterans/)

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Loyola Marymount University
Los Angeles, California

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Loyola Marymount University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Systems Engineering for a Master’s. Located in Los Angeles, California, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 10 degrees to qualified masters’s systems engineering students in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Loyola Marymount, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Systems Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, Loyola Marymount University supports 9,686 students, and 15 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 5 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $11,741. In addition to receiving other benefits, 6 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. 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 Loyola Marymount University]](/colleges/loyola-marymount-university/student-life/veterans/)

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University of California - San Diego
La Jolla, California

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of California - San Diego. The school came in at #3 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Systems Engineering for a Master’s. La Jolla, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s systems engineering degrees to 29 students in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UCSD, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Systems Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking.Of the 39,576 students enrolled at University of California - San Diego, 112 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 54 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $1,596. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, 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%.

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Portland State University
Portland, Oregon

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Portland State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Systems Engineering for a Master’s list. Portland State University is located in Portland, Oregon and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 masters’s systems engineering degrees to qualified students.

Portland State University also made our “Best Systems Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #4.Our most recent data shows that 1,127 of the 23,640 students enrolled at Portland State University were GI Bill® students, of which 739 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,835. In addition to receiving other benefits, 100 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

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%.

Full Portland State University Veteran Student Life Report