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2023 Best Manufacturing Engineering Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region

5 Ranked Colleges
98 Degrees Awarded
$88,879 Avg Salary
Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Manufacturing Engineering for a Master's

When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Manufacturing Engineering for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Manufacturing Engineering is the 243rd most popular major in the country with 947 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, manufacturing engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $70,583 and had an average of $26,962 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 150 manufacturing engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,187 and $25,278 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Manufacturing Engineering for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in manufacturing engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent manufacturing engineering 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 manufacturing engineering program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Manufacturing Engineering for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Manufacturing Engineering for a Master’s”.

Top 5 Best Manufacturing Engineering Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region

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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 Manufacturing Engineering for a Master’s. Located in Tempe, Arizona, this large public school handed out 16 diplomas to qualified masters’s manufacturing engineering students in 2020-2021.

ASU - Tempe also made our “Best Manufacturing Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #2.Of the 74,795 students enrolled at ASU - Tempe, 7,566 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 3,828 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,068. During this same period, 672 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. 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%.

Full ASU - Tempe Veteran Student Life Report

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Out of the 5 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Manufacturing Engineering for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at San Antonio landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in San Antonio, Texas, this large public school awarded 9 degrees to qualified masters’s manufacturing engineering students in 2020-2021.

UTSA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Manufacturing Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 3,565 of the 34,742 students enrolled at The University of Texas at San Antonio were GI Bill® students, of which 1,847 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $7,531. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

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%.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Methodist University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Manufacturing Engineering for a Master’s. Southern Methodist University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Dallas, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 57 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

SMU also made our “Best Manufacturing Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1.Among the 12,373 students enrolled at SMU, 327 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 215 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $15,612. In addition to receiving other benefits, 103 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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%.

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Out of the 5 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Manufacturing Engineering for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley landed the #4 spot on the list. The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley is a large school located in Edinburg, Texas that handed out 4 masters’s manufacturing engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

UT Rio Grande Valley did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Manufacturing Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list.Of the 32,441 students enrolled at UT Rio Grande Valley, 871 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 302 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $4,560. During this same period, 0 students received scholarships through 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%.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at El Paso. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Manufacturing Engineering for a Master’s list. El Paso, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s manufacturing engineering degrees to 10 students in 2020-2021.

UTEP not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Manufacturing Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list.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 tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $5,990. In addition to receiving other benefits, 2 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

Full UTEP Veteran Student Life Report

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