2023 Most Veteran Friendly in District of Columbia for Bioengineering for a Doctorate

With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in District of Columbia for Bioengineering for a Doctorate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering is the 62nd most popular major in the country with 12,811 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across District of Columbia, there were 106 bioengineering and biomedical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in District of Columbia for Bioengineering for a Doctorate” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in bioengineering and biomedical engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent bioengineering and biomedical engineering programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the bioengineering and biomedical engineering program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 District of Columbia for Bioengineering for a Doctorate” list to help you make the college decision.

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Most Veteran Friendly in District of Columbia for Bioengineering for a Doctorate

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in District of Columbia for Bioengineering for a Doctorate”.

Top 2 Best Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in District of Columbia

1

George Washington University
Washington, District of Columbia

1 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in District of Columbia for Bioengineering for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, George Washington University landed the #1 spot on the list. Washington, District of Columbia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s bioengineering degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.

GWU also took the #1 spot in our “Best Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking.Among the 27,017 students enrolled at George Washington University, 1 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $3,185. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.

With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate 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%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at George Washington University]](/colleges/george-washington-university/student-life/veterans/)

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Catholic University of America
Washington, District of Columbia

196 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Catholic University of America. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in District of Columbia for Bioengineering for a Doctorate list. Catholic University of America is a private not-for-profit institution located in Washington, District of Columbia. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.

In addition to being on our district of columbia doctor’s degree vets studying bioengineering list, CUA has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking.According to our most recent data, CUA supports 5,366 students, and 196 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 123 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $12,878. To help with additional expenses, 53 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. CUA offers credit for military training for eligible students.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

[Read full report on veteran student life at CUA]](/colleges/catholic-university-of-america/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

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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to UC Davis College of Engineering.