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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in California for Engineering-Related Fields for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 6,736 people earned their degree in engineering-related fields, making the major the 112th most popular in the United States. 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 California, there were 669 engineering-related fields graduates with average earnings and debt of $79,852 and $24,604 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 216 engineering-related fields graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,566 and $21,995 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in California for Engineering-Related Fields for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in engineering-related fields. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality 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 engineering-related fields program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in California for Engineering-Related Fields for a Bachelor’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. We encourage you to try it out and pit your favorite colleges and universities head to head! If you don’t have time right now, you can bookmark it for later.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in California for Engineering-Related Fields for a Bachelor’s”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stanford University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in California for Engineering-Related Fields for a Bachelor’s list. Stanford, California is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s engineering-related fields degrees to 67 students in 2020-2021.
Stanford not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Engineering-Related Fields Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” list.Among the 15,953 students enrolled at Stanford University, 188 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 118 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $18,909. To help with additional expenses, 61 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
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. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend California State University - Chico. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in California for Engineering-Related Fields for a Bachelor’s. Chico State is a public institution located in Chico, California. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 27 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Chico State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Engineering-Related Fields Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” list.According to our most recent data, Chico State supports 16,746 students, and 354 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 166 are 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. Chico State 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%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend San Jose State University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Veteran Friendly in California for Engineering-Related Fields for a Bachelor’s. This large school is located in San Jose, California, and it awarded 20 bachelors’s engineering-related fields degrees in 2020-2021.
San Jose State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Engineering-Related Fields Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” list.Our most recent data shows that 660 of the 36,208 students enrolled at San Jose State University were GI Bill® students, of which 384 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $4,909. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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 freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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Out of the 4 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in California 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. Pasadena, California is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s engineering-related fields degrees to 59 students in 2020-2021.
Art Center College of Design also made our “Best Engineering-Related Fields Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” list, coming in at #2.Our most recent data shows that 22 of the 2,182 students enrolled at Art Center College of Design were GI Bill® students, of which 13 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $20,266. To help with additional expenses, 6 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. 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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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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