2023 Best Structural Engineering Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Middle Atlantic Region
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Ranked Colleges
16
Degrees Awarded
$30,900
Avg Cost*
With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Structural Engineering for a Master’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 332 people earned their degree in structural engineering, making the major the 673rd most popular in the United States.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 41 structural engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality structural 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 structural engineering program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Structural Engineering for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Structural Engineering for a Master’s”.
Top 1 Best Structural Engineering Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Middle Atlantic Region
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Structural Engineering for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Lehigh University landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 12 masters’s structural engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our middle atlantic region master’s degree vets studying structural engineering list, Lehigh has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Structural Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 34 of the 7,067 students enrolled at Lehigh University were GI Bill® students, of which 16 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $15,051. To help with additional expenses, 15 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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 undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
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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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