2023 Most Veteran Friendly in California for Other Engineering-Related Fields

When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in California for Other Engineering-Related Fields” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Other Engineering-Related Fields is the 897th most popular major in the country with 138 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across California, there were 113 other engineering-related fields graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in California for Other Engineering-Related Fields” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in other engineering-related fields. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality other engineering-related fields programs as well as strong veteran support.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the other engineering-related fields program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Veteran Friendly in California for Other Engineering-Related Fields

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in California for Other Engineering-Related Fields”.

Top 2 Best Other Engineering-Related Fields Colleges for Veterans in California

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California State University - Chico
Chico, California

354 GI Bill® Students**

YES Student Veterans Organization

$5,098 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend California State University - Chico. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in California for Other Engineering-Related Fields. Chico, California is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s other engineering-related fields degrees to 12 students in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Chico State, the school also landed the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] spot in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 354 of the 16,746 students enrolled at California State University - Chico were GI Bill® students, of which 166 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $5,098. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

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%.

Full Chico State Veteran Student Life Report

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Art Center College of Design
Pasadena, California

22 GI Bill® Students**

$20,266 Average GI Bill® Award

$66,407 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Art Center College of Design. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in California for Other Engineering-Related Fields. Art Center College of Design is a small school located in Pasadena, California that handed out 68 ’s other engineering-related fields degrees in 2020-2021.

Art Center College of Design did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] on our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list.Of the 2,182 students enrolled at Art Center College of Design, 22 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 13 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $20,266. To help with additional expenses, 6 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. 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 Art Center College of Design]](/colleges/art-center-college-of-design/student-life/veterans/)

• Best Other Engineering-Related Fields Colleges for Veterans in the Far Western US Region
• Best Other Engineering-Related Fields 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.