2023 Best Construction Engineering Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region
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Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Construction Engineering for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Construction Engineering is the 248th most popular major in the country with 878 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, construction engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $74,870 and had an average of $24,467 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 195 construction engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $65,508 and $25,125 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Construction Engineering for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in construction engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality construction engineering programs as well as strong veteran support.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the construction engineering program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Construction Engineering for a Master’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree vets studying construction engineering.
Top 3 Best Construction Engineering Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Construction Engineering for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor is a public institution located in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The school has a large population, and it awarded 8 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
U-M also took the #1 spot in our “Best Construction Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 570 of the 47,907 students enrolled at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor were GI Bill® students, of which 325 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $27,058. 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.
With a freshman retention rate of 96%, 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 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Construction Engineering for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Illinois Institute of Technology landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Chicago, Illinois, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 21 diplomas to qualified masters’s construction engineering students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Illinois Tech, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Construction Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, Illinois Tech supports 6,325 students, and 83 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 52 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $14,905. During this same period, 14 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Illinois Tech does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lawrence Technological University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Construction Engineering for a Master’s. This small school is located in Southfield, Michigan, and it awarded 12 masters’s construction engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
Lawrence Tech also made our “Best Construction Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #3.According to our most recent data, Lawrence Technological University supports 2,812 students, and 70 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 19 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $13,401. On top of their other funding sources, 1 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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%.
Full Lawrence Technological University 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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