2023 Most Veteran Friendly in South Carolina for Construction Engineering for a Bachelor’s
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$37,100
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When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in South Carolina for Construction Engineering for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Construction Engineering is the 455th most popular major in the country with 878 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across South Carolina, there were 6 construction engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 6 construction engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,293 and $28,603 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality construction engineering programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the construction engineering program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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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 South Carolina for Construction Engineering for a Bachelor’s” list to help you make the college decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in South Carolina for Construction Engineering for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for south carolina bachelor’s degree vets studying construction engineering.
Top 1 Best Construction Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in South Carolina
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in South Carolina for Construction Engineering for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Citadel Military College of South Carolina landed the #1 spot on the list. The Citadel is a small public school situated in Charleston, South Carolina. It awarded 6 bachelors’s construction engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
The Citadel also took the #1 spot in our “Best Construction Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in South Carolina” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 607 of the 3,740 students enrolled at The Citadel were GI Bill® students, of which 382 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $7,997. On top of their other funding sources, 12 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. The Citadel does offer credit for military training for eligible 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Citadel Military College of South Carolina]](/colleges/citadel-military-college-of-south-carolina/student-life/veterans/)
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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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