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2023 Best General Engineering Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Far Western US Region

1 Ranked Colleges
8 Degrees Awarded
$29,300 Avg Cost*
Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Engineering for a Doctorate

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 Far Western US Region for Engineering for a Doctorate” 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 Far Western US region, there were 1,478 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,923 and $19,630 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general engineering programs, but they also offer a lot of support to 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 Far Western US Region for Engineering for a Doctorate

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region doctor’s degree vets studying engineering.

Top 1 Best General Engineering Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Far Western US Region

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Alaska Fairbanks. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Engineering for a Doctorate list. UAF is a medium-sized public school situated in Fairbanks, Alaska. It awarded 3 doctorate’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UAF, the school also landed the # spot in our “Best General Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking.Among the 6,813 students enrolled at University of Alaska Fairbanks, 665 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 417 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $4,685. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. University of Alaska Fairbanks does offer credit for military training for eligible students.

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