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2023 Best General Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in New Jersey

6 Ranked Colleges
478 Degrees Awarded
$33,200 Avg Cost*
Most Veteran Friendly in New Jersey for General Civil Engineering for a Bachelor's

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. 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 New Jersey for General Civil Engineering for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 20,711 people earned their degree in general civil engineering, making the major the 41st most popular in the United States.

Across New Jersey, there were 657 general civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 478 general civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,273 and $26,463 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in New Jersey for General Civil Engineering for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in general civil engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general civil engineering programs as well as strong veteran support.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general civil engineering program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Most Veteran Friendly in New Jersey for General Civil Engineering for a Bachelor’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for new jersey bachelor’s degree vets studying general civil engineering.

Top 6 Best General Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in New Jersey

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Jersey Institute of Technology. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in New Jersey for General Civil Engineering for a Bachelor’s list. Newark, New Jersey is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s general civil engineering degrees to 197 students in 2020-2021.

NJIT not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best General Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” list.According to our most recent data, NJIT supports 11,652 students, and 164 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 83 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $10,409. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. NJIT does offer 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 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

[Read full report on veteran student life at NJIT]](/colleges/new-jersey-institute-of-technology/student-life/veterans/)

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Rutgers University - New Brunswick
New Brunswick, New Jersey

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rutgers University - New Brunswick. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in New Jersey for General Civil Engineering for a Bachelor’s. Rutgers New Brunswick is a large school located in New Brunswick, New Jersey that handed out 95 bachelors’s general civil engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

Rutgers New Brunswick also made our “Best General Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” list, coming in at #4.According to our most recent data, Rutgers University - New Brunswick supports 50,411 students, and 1 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 3 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $3,625. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.

Full Rutgers University - New Brunswick Veteran Student Life Report

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Out of the 6 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in New Jersey for General Civil Engineering for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Stevens Institute of Technology landed the #3 spot on the list. Stevens Institute of Technology is a medium-sized school located in Hoboken, New Jersey that handed out 38 bachelors’s general civil engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

Stevens also took the #3 spot in our “Best General Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” ranking.According to our most recent data, Stevens Institute of Technology supports 7,257 students, and 48 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 31 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $17,200. During this same period, 12 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, 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%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Stevens Institute of Technology]](/colleges/stevens-institute-of-technology/student-life/veterans/)

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Princeton University
Princeton, New Jersey

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Princeton University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in New Jersey for General Civil Engineering for a Bachelor’s list. Princeton University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Princeton, New Jersey. It awarded 25 bachelors’s general civil engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

Princeton also made our “Best General Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” list, coming in at #1.Among the 7,853 students enrolled at Princeton, 24 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 5 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $27,256. In addition to receiving other benefits, 8 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.

The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 4 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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Rowan University
Glassboro, New Jersey

Out of the 6 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in New Jersey for General Civil Engineering for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Rowan University landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Glassboro, New Jersey, this fairly large public school handed out 79 degrees to qualified bachelors’s general civil engineering students in 2020-2021.

Rowan did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best General Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” list.Of the 19,678 students enrolled at Rowan, 423 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 221 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $10,069. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Rowan]](/colleges/rowan-university/student-life/veterans/)

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The College of New Jersey
Ewing, New Jersey

The College of New Jersey did quite well in the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in New Jersey for General Civil Engineering for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #6. Located in Ewing, New Jersey, this medium-sized public school handed out 33 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s general civil engineering students in 2020-2021.

TCNJ also took the #5 spot in our “Best General Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 75 of the 7,783 students enrolled at TCNJ were GI Bill® students, of which 37 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $9,905. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. 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 TCNJ]](/colleges/the-college-of-new-jersey/student-life/veterans/)

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