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2023 Best Water Resources Engineering Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

6 Ranked Colleges
45 Degrees Awarded
$35,600 Avg Cost*
Most Veteran Friendly for Water Resources Engineering for a Master's

With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly for Water Resources Engineering for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Water Resources Engineering is the 1072nd most popular major in the country with 71 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly for Water Resources Engineering for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in water resources engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great water resources engineering programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the water resources engineering program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Most Veteran Friendly for Water Resources Engineering for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree vets studying water resources engineering.

Top 6 Best Water Resources Engineering Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

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University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California

Out of the 6 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly for Water Resources Engineering for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern California landed the #1 spot on the list. USC is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Los Angeles, California. It awarded 3 masters’s water resources engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at USC, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Water Resources Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” ranking.Of the 46,287 students enrolled at University of Southern California, 1,311 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 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. During this same period, 388 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. University of Southern California does offer credit for military training for eligible students.

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 impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

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Out of the 6 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly for Water Resources Engineering for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. Albuquerque, New Mexico is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s water resources engineering degrees to 8 students in 2020-2021.

UNM also made our “Best Water Resources Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #6.Of the 22,311 students enrolled at University of New Mexico - Main Campus, 1 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 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. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. University of New Mexico - Main Campus does offer credit for military training for eligible students.

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University at Buffalo
Buffalo, New York

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University at Buffalo. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Water Resources Engineering for a Master’s list. University at Buffalo is a large school located in Buffalo, New York that handed out 18 masters’s water resources engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

University at Buffalo did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Water Resources Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” list.Among the 32,347 students enrolled at University at Buffalo, 382 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 195 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $7,050. On top of their other funding sources, 0 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 87%, 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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Villanova University
Villanova, Pennsylvania

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Villanova University. The school came in at #4 for the Most Veteran Friendly for Water Resources Engineering for a Master’s. Villanova University is a fairly large school located in Villanova, Pennsylvania that handed out 10 masters’s water resources engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Villanova, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Water Resources Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” ranking.According to our most recent data, Villanova supports 11,032 students, and 997 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 824 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,584. During this same period, 41 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate 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%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Villanova]](/colleges/villanova-university/student-life/veterans/)

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University of Delaware
Newark, Delaware

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Delaware. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Water Resources Engineering for a Master’s list. Newark, Delaware is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s water resources engineering degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.

In addition to being on our master’s degree vets studying water resources engineering list, UD has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Water Resources Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 364 of the 23,613 students enrolled at University of Delaware were GI Bill® students, of which 188 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $8,229. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at University of Delaware]](/colleges/university-of-delaware/student-life/veterans/)

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University of Idaho
Moscow, Idaho

With a ranking of #6, University of Idaho did quite well on the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Water Resources Engineering for a Master’s list. Located in Moscow, Idaho, this fairly large public school handed out 3 diplomas to qualified masters’s water resources engineering students in 2020-2021.

U of I not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Water Resources Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” list.Our most recent data shows that 382 of the 10,791 students enrolled at U of I were GI Bill® students, of which 248 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,784. During this same period, 29 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. U of I does offer credit for military training for eligible 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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