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2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Engineering Mechanics for a Bachelor’s

1 Ranked Colleges
34 Degrees Awarded
$64,144 Avg Salary
Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Engineering Mechanics for a Bachelor's

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 Southeast Region for Engineering Mechanics for a Bachelor’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Engineering Mechanics is the 308th most popular major in the country with 272 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, engineering mechanics graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $64,399 and had an average of $24,558 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 50 engineering mechanics graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,144 and $28,000 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 34 engineering mechanics graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,400 and $27,180 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great engineering mechanics 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 engineering mechanics program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Engineering Mechanics for a Bachelor’s” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Engineering Mechanics for a Bachelor’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree vets studying engineering mechanics.

Top 1 Best Engineering Mechanics Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region

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Virginia Tech crest
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, Virginia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Virginia Tech. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Engineering Mechanics for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Blacksburg, Virginia, this large public school handed out 34 degrees to qualified bachelors’s engineering mechanics students in 2020-2021.

Virginia Tech also took the #1 spot in our “Best Engineering Mechanics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking.Among the 37,024 students enrolled at Virginia Tech, 119 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 108 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $12,314. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. 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%.

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