2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Aerospace Engineering for a Doctorate
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$25,500
Avg Cost*
Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 New England Region for Aerospace Engineering for a Doctorate” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 8,001 people earned their degree in aerospace and aeronautical engineering, making the major the 94th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, aerospace and aeronautical engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $70,535 and had an average of $24,126 in loans still to pay off.
Across the New England region, there were 217 aerospace and aeronautical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $84,940 and $27,000 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great aerospace and aeronautical 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 aerospace and aeronautical engineering program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Aerospace Engineering for a Doctorate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Aerospace Engineering for a Doctorate”.
Top 1 Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Aerospace Engineering for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Massachusetts Institute of Technology landed the #1 spot on the list. Cambridge, Massachusetts is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s aerospace engineering degrees to 18 students in 2020-2021.
MIT not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list.Of the 11,254 students enrolled at MIT, 129 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 38 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $17,024. On top of their other funding sources, 32 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. MIT offers credit for military training for eligible 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%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 3 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 98%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Massachusetts Institute of Technology]](/colleges/massachusetts-institute-of-technology/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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