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When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in Missouri for Engineering-Related Fields for a Bachelor’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
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 Missouri, there were 435 engineering-related fields graduates with average earnings and debt of $76,536 and $26,500 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 105 engineering-related fields graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,023 and $28,243 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Missouri for Engineering-Related Fields for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree 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.
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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in Missouri for Engineering-Related Fields for a Bachelor’s” list to help you make the college decision.
We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Missouri for Engineering-Related Fields for a Bachelor’s”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Missouri University of Science and Technology. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Missouri for Engineering-Related Fields for a Bachelor’s. This medium-sized school is located in Rolla, Missouri, and it awarded 79 bachelors’s engineering-related fields degrees in 2020-2021.
Missouri University of Science and Technology also made our “Best Engineering-Related Fields Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list, coming in at #1.Of the 7,642 students enrolled at Missouri University of Science and Technology, 306 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 185 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $7,588. In addition to receiving other benefits, 13 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Missouri University of Science and Technology does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. 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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Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Missouri for Engineering-Related Fields for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Southeast Missouri State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Southeast Missouri State University is a medium-sized school located in Cape Girardeau, Missouri that handed out 5 bachelors’s engineering-related fields degrees in 2020-2021.
Southeast Missouri State University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Engineering-Related Fields Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list.Of the 10,001 students enrolled at Southeast Missouri State University, 344 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 143 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $4,052. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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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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