2023 Best Civil Engineering Colleges for Veterans in New Mexico
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Ranked Colleges
113
Degrees Awarded
$27,600
Avg Cost*
When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 New Mexico for Civil Eng” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Civil Engineering is the 50th most popular major in the country with 21,388 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, civil engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $63,364 and had an average of $24,364 in loans still to pay off.
Across New Mexico, there were 113 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,260 and $19,675 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in New Mexico for Civil Eng” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in civil engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great civil engineering 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 civil engineering program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in New Mexico for Civil Eng” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in New Mexico for Civil Eng
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in New Mexico for Civil Eng”.
Top 2 Best Civil Engineering Colleges for Veterans in New Mexico
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in New Mexico for Civil Eng list. UNM is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 65 ’s civil eng degrees to qualified students.
UNM did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] on our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list.Our most recent data shows that 1 of the 22,311 students enrolled at UNM were GI Bill® students, of which 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $0. 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.
Full UNM Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in New Mexico for Civil Eng list. NMSU Main Campus is a fairly large public school situated in Las Cruces, New Mexico. It awarded 39 ’s civil eng degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at NMSU Main Campus, the school also landed the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] spot in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.Among the 14,227 students enrolled at New Mexico State University - Main Campus, 620 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 285 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $3,880. 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.
Full New Mexico State University - Main Campus Veteran Student Life Report
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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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