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2023 Best General Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region

1 Ranked Colleges
102 Degrees Awarded
$60,645 Avg Salary
Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Engineering for a Bachelor's

With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 for a Bachelor’s” ranking.

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 Plains States region, there were 519 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $68,243 and $17,663 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 102 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,046 and $29,021 respectively.

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

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Engineering for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Engineering for a Bachelor’s”.

Top 1 Best General Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region

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Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Engineering for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Minnesota State University - Mankato landed the #1 spot on the list. Minnesota State University - Mankato is a fairly large school located in Mankato, Minnesota that handed out 34 bachelors’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

Minnesota State Mankato also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking.Of the 14,761 students enrolled at Minnesota State Mankato, 331 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 147 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $5,814. During this same period, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

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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