Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Rhode Island for Welding Engineering Tech that were part of this year’s ranking, New England Institute of Technology landed the #1 spot on the list. East Greenwich, Rhode Island is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s welding engineering tech degrees to 9 students in 2020-2021.
New England Tech also made our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list, coming in at #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS].Among the 2,031 students enrolled at New England Tech, 259 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 135 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $14,686. During this same period, 34 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. 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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