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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Engineering-Related Tech for a Bachelor’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 989 people earned their degree in engineering-related technologies, making the major the 270th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, engineering-related technologies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $57,339 and had an average of $21,670 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 168 engineering-related technologies graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,377 and $37,590 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 32 engineering-related technologies graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,720 and $23,024 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Engineering-Related Tech for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in engineering-related technologies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent engineering-related technologies programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the engineering-related technologies program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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 the Far Western US Region for Engineering-Related Tech for a Bachelor’s” list to help you make the college decision.
To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.
The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region bachelor’s degree vets studying engineering-related tech.
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Engineering-Related Tech for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alaska Anchorage landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Anchorage, Alaska, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s engineering-related tech degrees in 2020-2021.
UAA also took the #1 spot in our “Best Engineering-Related Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 42 of the 11,953 students enrolled at UAA were GI Bill® students, of which 31 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $1,609. To help with additional expenses, 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%.
Full University of Alaska Anchorage Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oregon Institute of Technology. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Engineering-Related Tech for a Bachelor’s. OIT is located in Klamath Falls, Oregon and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 bachelors’s engineering-related tech degrees to qualified students.
In addition to being on our far western us region bachelor’s degree vets studying engineering-related tech list, OIT has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Engineering-Related Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, OIT supports 5,323 students, and 104 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 57 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,491. On top of their other funding sources, 1 students received funds through 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 OIT Veteran Student Life Report
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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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