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2023 Best Engineering Science Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region

1 Ranked Colleges
27 Degrees Awarded
$26,400 Avg Cost*
Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Engineering Science

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Engineering Science” ranking.

In 2020-2021, 1,454 people earned their degree in engineering science, making the major the 205th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, engineering science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $76,473 and had an average of $22,601 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Plains States region, there were 27 engineering science graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,225 and $26,750 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent engineering science programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the engineering science program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Engineering Science

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region vets studying engineering science.

Top 1 Best Engineering Science Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region

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Wartburg College
Waverly, Iowa

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wartburg College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Engineering Science list. Wartburg College is a small school located in Waverly, Iowa that handed out 10 ’s engineering science degrees in 2020-2021.

Wartburg not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] on our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list.According to our most recent data, Wartburg supports 1,563 students, and 21 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 11 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $8,932. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Wartburg does offer credit for military training for eligible 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%.

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