2023 Best Software Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region
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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 the Great Lakes Region for Computer Software Engineering for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 4,251 people earned their degree in software engineering, making the major the 167th most popular in the United States.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 405 software engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 286 software engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,343 and $26,790 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Computer Software Engineering for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in software engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality software engineering programs as well as strong veteran support.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the software engineering program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Computer Software Engineering for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Computer Software Engineering for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 7 Best Software Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region
Out of the 7 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Computer Software Engineering for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Miami University - Oxford landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Oxford, Ohio, and it awarded 42 bachelors’s computer software engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Miami University - Oxford, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Software Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.Among the 18,880 students enrolled at Miami University - Oxford, 405 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 259 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,877. To help with additional expenses, 6 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 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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 Miami University - Oxford Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Milwaukee School of Engineering. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Computer Software Engineering for a Bachelor’s. Milwaukee, Wisconsin is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s computer software engineering degrees to 47 students in 2020-2021.
MSOE not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Software Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list.Among the 2,673 students enrolled at MSOE, 108 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 53 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $16,618. To help with additional expenses, 26 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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 be in good company if you decide to attend Michigan Technological University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Computer Software Engineering for a Bachelor’s list. Michigan Technological University is a public institution located in Houghton, Michigan. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Michigan Tech also took the #2 spot in our “Best Software Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.Among the 6,873 students enrolled at Michigan Technological University, 126 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 70 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $12,246. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Michigan Technological University does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate 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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Out of the 7 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Computer Software Engineering for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Bowling Green State University - Main Campus landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Bowling Green, Ohio, this fairly large public school awarded 46 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s computer software engineering students in 2020-2021.
BGSU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Software Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 577 of the 18,142 students enrolled at Bowling Green State University - Main Campus were GI Bill® students, of which 258 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,808. To help with additional expenses, 3 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
Full BGSU Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Loyola University Chicago. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Computer Software Engineering for a Bachelor’s list. Loyola Chicago is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Chicago, Illinois. It awarded 24 bachelors’s computer software engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
Loyola Chicago not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Software Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list.According to our most recent data, Loyola University Chicago supports 16,893 students, and 261 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 165 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $17,263. To help with additional expenses, 78 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Loyola University Chicago does offer credit for military training for eligible 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full Loyola University Chicago Veteran Student Life Report
University of Wisconsin - Platteville did quite well in the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Computer Software Engineering for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #6. University of Wisconsin - Platteville is a medium-sized school located in Platteville, Wisconsin that handed out 41 bachelors’s computer software engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UW - Platteville, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Software Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, UW - Platteville supports 7,547 students, and 263 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 131 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $5,136. On top of their other funding sources, 6 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. UW - Platteville offers credit for military training for eligible students.
[Read full report on veteran student life at University of Wisconsin - Platteville]](/colleges/university-of-wisconsin-platteville/student-life/veterans/)
Rose - Hulman Institute of Technology came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Computer Software Engineering for a Bachelor’s ranking. Terre Haute, Indiana is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s computer software engineering degrees to 23 students in 2020-2021.
Rose - Hulman Institute of Technology also made our “Best Software Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #1.Among the 1,990 students enrolled at Rose - Hulman Institute of Technology, 35 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 19 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $19,655. During this same period, 13 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. 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 Rose - Hulman Institute of Technology]](/colleges/rose-hulman-institute-of-technology/student-life/veterans/)
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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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