2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Other Engineering for a Bachelor’s

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In 2020-2021, 2,760 people earned their degree in other engineering, making the major the 177th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, other engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $75,713 and had an average of $25,106 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 540 other engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,839 and $22,500 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 98 other engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,400 and $27,180 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Other Engineering for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in other engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great other 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 other engineering program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Other Engineering for a Bachelor’s

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

Top 3 Best Other Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region

1

Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, Mississippi

1,170 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mississippi State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Other Engineering for a Bachelor’s list. This large school is located in Mississippi State, Mississippi, and it awarded 48 bachelors’s other engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

Mississippi State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Other Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list.Among the 22,986 students enrolled at Mississippi State University, 1,170 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 676 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $5,684. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for 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 85%.

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2

Auburn University
Auburn, Alabama

1,499 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Auburn University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Other Engineering for a Bachelor’s. Auburn is located in Auburn, Alabama and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 bachelors’s other engineering degrees to qualified students.

Auburn not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Other Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list.According to our most recent data, Auburn supports 30,737 students, and 1,499 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 746 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,423. In addition to receiving other benefits, 68 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

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3

Louisiana Tech University
Ruston, Louisiana

29 GI Bill® Students**

#3 in overall quality

$2,493 Average GI Bill® Award

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Other Engineering for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Louisiana Tech University landed the #3 spot on the list. Louisiana Tech University is a public institution located in Ruston, Louisiana. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 31 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree vets studying other engineering list, Louisiana Tech has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Other Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 29 of the 11,126 students enrolled at Louisiana Tech were GI Bill® students, of which 26 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $2,493. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

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Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.