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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Alabama. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for General Metallurgical Engineering for a Bachelor’s list. UA is a large school located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama that handed out 12 bachelors’s general metallurgical engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UA, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Metallurgical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, UA supports 37,840 students, and 2,081 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 1,128 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $7,975. In addition to receiving other benefits, 357 students received scholarships through 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
[Read full report on veteran student life at The University of Alabama]](/colleges/the-university-of-alabama/student-life/veterans/)
