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2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Maryland for Chem Eng for a Bachelor’s

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192 Degrees Awarded
$58,580 Avg Salary
Most Veteran Friendly in Maryland for Chem Eng for a Bachelor's

When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Maryland for Chem Eng for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 12,917 people earned their degree in chemical engineering, making the major the 70th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, chemical engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $65,870 and had an average of $23,285 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maryland, there were 285 chemical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,580 and $20,797 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 192 chemical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,642 and $26,517 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Maryland for Chem Eng for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in chemical engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality chemical engineering 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 chemical engineering program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Most Veteran Friendly in Maryland for Chem Eng for a Bachelor’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for maryland bachelor’s degree vets studying chem eng.

Top 3 Best Chemical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Maryland

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maryland - College Park. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Maryland for Chem Eng for a Bachelor’s list. University of Maryland - College Park is located in College Park, Maryland and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 66 bachelors’s chem eng degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMCP, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Chemical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maryland” ranking.Among the 40,709 students enrolled at UMCP, 16 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 13 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $1,716. To help with additional expenses, 8 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Johns Hopkins University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Maryland for Chem Eng for a Bachelor’s list. This large school is located in Baltimore, Maryland, and it awarded 69 bachelors’s chem eng degrees in 2020-2021.

Johns Hopkins also took the #1 spot in our “Best Chemical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maryland” ranking.Of the 28,890 students enrolled at Johns Hopkins University, 4 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 2 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $1,793. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maryland - Baltimore County. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Maryland for Chem Eng for a Bachelor’s list. UMBC is a public institution located in Baltimore, Maryland. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 57 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

UMBC also took the #3 spot in our “Best Chemical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maryland” ranking.Among the 13,497 students enrolled at University of Maryland - Baltimore County, 53 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 30 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $9,027. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.

With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate 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%.

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