2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Kansas for Industrial Management 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. 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 Kansas for Industrial Management for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Industrial & Management Engineering is the 133rd most popular major in the country with 6,063 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across Kansas, there were 105 industrial and management engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Kansas for Industrial Management for a Master’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in industrial and management engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great industrial and management 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 industrial and management 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 Kansas for Industrial Management for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Kansas for Industrial Management for a Master’s”.

Top 2 Best Industrial & Management Engineering Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Kansas

1

University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas

70 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Kansas for Industrial Management for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Kansas landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Kansas is a large public school situated in Lawrence, Kansas. It awarded 23 masters’s industrial management degrees in 2020-2021.

KU also made our “Best Industrial & Management Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Kansas” list, coming in at #1.Among the 26,744 students enrolled at University of Kansas, 70 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 40 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $10,917. During this same period, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. 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%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at KU]](/colleges/university-of-kansas/student-life/veterans/)

2

Wichita State University
Wichita, Kansas

577 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

$6,488 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wichita State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Kansas for Industrial Management for a Master’s list. Wichita State University is a public institution located in Wichita, Kansas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 10 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

WSU also took the #2 spot in our “Best Industrial & Management Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Kansas” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 577 of the 14,999 students enrolled at WSU were GI Bill® students, of which 385 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,488. During this same period, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

Full Wichita State University Veteran Student Life Report

• Best Industrial & Management Engineering Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region
• Best Industrial & Management 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.