2023 Best General Engineering Science Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Far Western US Region
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$28,600
Avg Cost*
With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Engineering Science for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
General Engineering Science is the 342nd most popular major in the country with 1,454 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 80 general engineering science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 71 general engineering science graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,720 and $23,024 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Engineering Science for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in general engineering science. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general engineering science programs as well as strong veteran support.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general engineering science program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Engineering Science for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region bachelor’s degree vets studying engineering science.
Top 2 Best General Engineering Science Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Far Western US Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Engineering Science for a Bachelor’s list. California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo is a large school located in San Luis Obispo, California that handed out 16 bachelors’s engineering science degrees in 2020-2021.
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Engineering Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list.Among the 22,440 students enrolled at California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo, 268 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 128 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,027. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo offers credit for military training for eligible students.
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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo]](/colleges/california-polytechnic-state-university-san-luis-obispo/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend California State University - Bakersfield. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Engineering Science for a Bachelor’s. CSUB is a public institution located in Bakersfield, California. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 35 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
CSUB not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best General Engineering Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list.Among the 11,745 students enrolled at CSUB, 210 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 103 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $5,437. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. CSUB offers credit for military training for eligible students.
[Read full report on veteran student life at California State University - Bakersfield]](/colleges/california-state-university-bakersfield/student-life/veterans/)
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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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