2023 Best Nuclear Engineering Technology Colleges for Veterans in the Middle Atlantic Region
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With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Nuclear Engineering Tech” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Nuclear Engineering Technology is the 315th most popular major in the country with 220 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, nuclear engineering technology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $84,153 and had an average of $13,289 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 150 nuclear engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $84,153 and $8,827 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality nuclear engineering technology programs as well as strong veteran support.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the nuclear engineering technology program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
One Size Does Not Fit All
When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Nuclear Engineering Tech” list to help you make the college decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Nuclear Engineering Tech
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Nuclear Engineering Tech”.
Top 1 Best Nuclear Engineering Technology Colleges for Veterans in the Middle Atlantic Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Excelsior College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Nuclear Engineering Tech list. Excelsior College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Albany, New York. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 146 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Excelsior College also made our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list, coming in at #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS].According to our most recent data, Excelsior College supports 21,974 students, and 2,603 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 2,449 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $5,255. To help with additional expenses, 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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Excelsior College]](/colleges/excelsior-college/student-life/veterans/)
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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
- *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.
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