2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Pre-Engineering

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 for Pre-Engineering” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Pre-Engineering is the 284th most popular major in the country with 2,437 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly for Pre-Engineering” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in pre-engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great pre-engineering programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.

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

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Most Veteran Friendly for Pre-Engineering

The colleges and universities below are the best for vets studying pre-engineering.

Top 2 Best Pre-Engineering Colleges for Veterans

1

Utah Valley University
Orem, Utah

813 GI Bill® Students**

YES Student Veterans Organization

$4,550 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Utah Valley University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly for Pre-Engineering. Utah Valley University is located in Orem, Utah and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 20 ’s pre-engineering degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UVU, the school also landed the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] spot in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.Of the 40,936 students enrolled at Utah Valley University, 813 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 379 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $4,550. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

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%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Utah Valley University]](/colleges/utah-valley-university/student-life/veterans/)

2

Wake Technical Community College
Raleigh, North Carolina

1,066 GI Bill® Students**

$1,224 Average GI Bill® Award

$37,589 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wake Technical Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Pre-Engineering list. Wake Technical Community College is a public institution located in Raleigh, North Carolina. The school has a large population, and it awarded 133 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Wake Technical Community College also made our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list, coming in at #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS].Of the 21,760 students enrolled at Wake Technical Community College, 1,066 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 564 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $1,224. In addition to receiving other benefits, 6 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

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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

Footnotes

• *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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Rémi Kaupp.