2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Engineering for a Bachelor’s
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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 Southwest Region for Engineering for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
General Engineering is the 79th most popular major in the country with 11,796 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, general engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $68,873 and had an average of $20,557 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southwest region, there were 1,837 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $70,584 and $19,521 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 280 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Engineering for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general engineering programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general engineering program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Engineering for a Bachelor’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Engineering for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Engineering for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 5 Best General Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arizona State University - Tempe. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Engineering for a Bachelor’s. Arizona State University - Tempe is a public institution located in Tempe, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 149 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
ASU - Tempe also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking.Among the 74,795 students enrolled at ASU - Tempe, 7,566 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 3,828 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,068. In addition to receiving other benefits, 672 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. ASU - Tempe does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate 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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at ASU - Tempe]](/colleges/arizona-state-university/student-life/veterans/)
Out of the 5 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Engineering for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Christian University landed the #2 spot on the list. TCU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Fort Worth, Texas. It awarded 45 bachelors’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at TCU, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best General Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, TCU supports 11,379 students, and 520 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 405 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $23,096. During this same period, 343 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. TCU 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oral Roberts University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Engineering for a Bachelor’s list. This small school is located in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and it awarded 27 bachelors’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
ORU also made our “Best General Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #5.According to our most recent data, ORU supports 4,317 students, and 135 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 76 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $10,157. On top of their other funding sources, 4 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
[Read full report on veteran student life at ORU]](/colleges/oral-roberts-university/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at El Paso. The school came in at #4 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Engineering for a Bachelor’s. Located in El Paso, Texas, this large public school handed out 7 degrees to qualified bachelors’s engineering students in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree vets studying engineering list, UTEP has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best General Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 1,873 of the 24,879 students enrolled at UTEP were GI Bill® students, of which 942 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $5,990. To help with additional expenses, 2 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Baylor University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Engineering for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Waco, Texas, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 8 degrees to qualified bachelors’s engineering students in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree vets studying engineering list, Baylor has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best General Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking.Of the 19,297 students enrolled at Baylor University, 876 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 593 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $17,744. On top of their other funding sources, 263 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Baylor University offers credit for military training for eligible students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.
Full Baylor University Veteran Student Life Report
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