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

3 Ranked Colleges
278 Degrees Awarded
$125,714 Avg Salary
Most Veteran Friendly in California for Systems Engineering for a Master's

With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in California for Systems Engineering for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2020-2021, 3,904 people earned their degree in systems engineering, making the major the 160th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, systems engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $89,736 and had an average of $21,799 in loans still to pay off.

Across California, there were 537 systems engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $125,714 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in California for Systems Engineering for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in systems engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great systems engineering programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the systems engineering program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Veteran Friendly in California for Systems Engineering for a Master’s

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

Top 3 Best Systems Engineering Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in California

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University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California

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 California for Systems Engineering for a Master’s list. This large school is located in Los Angeles, California, and it awarded 21 masters’s systems engineering 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 California” list.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 tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $20,487. In addition to receiving other benefits, 388 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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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 California for Systems Engineering for a Master’s. Loyola Marymount University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Los Angeles, California. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 10 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Loyola Marymount did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Systems Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in California” list.Of the 9,686 students enrolled at Loyola Marymount, 15 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 5 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $11,741. To help with additional expenses, 6 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Loyola Marymount does offer credit for military training for eligible students.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

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Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in California for Systems Engineering for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - San Diego landed the #3 spot on the list. 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.

UCSD not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Systems Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in California” list.Our most recent data shows that 112 of the 39,576 students enrolled at University of California - San Diego were GI Bill® students, of which 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. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

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%.

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