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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. 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 the Far Western US Region for Engineering-Related Fields for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Engineering-Related Fields is the 112th most popular major in the country with 6,736 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, engineering-related fields graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $77,404 and had an average of $26,200 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 770 engineering-related fields graduates with average earnings and debt of $86,273 and $24,604 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 216 engineering-related fields graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,720 and $23,024 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Engineering-Related Fields for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in engineering-related fields. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great engineering-related fields 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 engineering-related fields program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Engineering-Related Fields for a Bachelor’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region bachelor’s degree vets studying engineering-related fields.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stanford University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Engineering-Related Fields for a Bachelor’s list. Stanford is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Stanford, California. It awarded 67 bachelors’s engineering-related fields degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Stanford, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Engineering-Related Fields Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, Stanford supports 15,953 students, and 188 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 118 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $18,909. In addition to receiving other benefits, 61 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 undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 4 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Stanford University]](/colleges/stanford-university/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California State University - Chico. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Engineering-Related Fields for a Bachelor’s list. Chico State is a fairly large public school situated in Chico, California. It awarded 27 bachelors’s engineering-related fields degrees in 2020-2021.
Chico State also took the #3 spot in our “Best Engineering-Related Fields Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” 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. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at California State University - Chico]](/colleges/california-state-university-chico/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Jose State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Engineering-Related Fields for a Bachelor’s list. Located in San Jose, California, this large public school handed out 20 degrees to qualified bachelors’s engineering-related fields students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at San Jose State, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Engineering-Related Fields Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, San Jose State supports 36,208 students, and 660 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 384 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $4,909. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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 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%.
Full San Jose State University Veteran Student Life Report
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Engineering-Related Fields for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Art Center College of Design landed the #4 spot on the list. Art Center College of Design is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Pasadena, California. It awarded 59 bachelors’s engineering-related fields degrees in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our far western us region bachelor’s degree vets studying engineering-related fields list, Art Center College of Design has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Engineering-Related Fields Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking.Among the 2,182 students enrolled at Art Center College of Design, 22 are 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. During this same period, 6 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
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%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
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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
- *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.
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