2023 Best Structural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

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University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly for Structural Engineering for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern California landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Los Angeles, California, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 12 degrees to qualified bachelors’s structural engineering students in 2020-2021.

USC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Structural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list.Our most recent data shows that 1,311 of the 46,287 students enrolled at University of Southern California were GI Bill® students, of which 862 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $20,487. On top of their other funding sources, 388 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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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University of California - San Diego
La Jolla, California

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of California - San Diego. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly for Structural Engineering for a Bachelor’s. University of California - San Diego is located in La Jolla, California and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 108 bachelors’s structural engineering degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UCSD, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Structural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking.Among the 39,576 students enrolled at University of California - San Diego, 112 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 54 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $1,596. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. 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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University of Central Florida
Orlando, Florida

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Central Florida. The school came in at #3 for the Most Veteran Friendly for Structural Engineering for a Bachelor’s. Orlando, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s structural engineering degrees to 11 students in 2020-2021.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree vets studying structural engineering list, UCF has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Structural Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 2,263 of the 71,881 students enrolled at University of Central Florida were GI Bill® students, of which 1,216 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $4,995. During this same period, 8 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 92%, 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%.

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