2023 Best Engineering & Applied Physics Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. 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 Southeast Region for Applied Physics for a Doctorate” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Engineering & Applied Physics is the 448th most popular major in the country with 994 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Southeast region, there were 121 engineering and applied physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Applied Physics for a Doctorate” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in engineering and applied physics. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent engineering and applied physics 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 engineering and applied physics program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 the Southeast Region for Applied Physics for a Doctorate” list to help you make the college decision.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Applied Physics for a Doctorate

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region doctor’s degree vets studying applied physics.

Top 2 Best Engineering & Applied Physics Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region

1

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach
Daytona Beach, Florida

789 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Applied Physics for a Doctorate. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Daytona Beach, Florida. It awarded 1 doctorate’s applied physics degrees in 2020-2021.

Embry-Riddle Daytona Beach not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Engineering & Applied Physics Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list.Among the 8,797 students enrolled at Embry-Riddle Daytona Beach, 789 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 521 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $18,573. During this same period, 347 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

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 Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach]](/colleges/embry-riddle-aeronautical-university-daytona-beach/student-life/veterans/)

2

University of Virginia - Main Campus
Charlottesville, Virginia

3 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Virginia - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Applied Physics for a Doctorate. University of Virginia - Main Campus is located in Charlottesville, Virginia and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 doctorate’s applied physics degrees to qualified students.

University of Virginia not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Engineering & Applied Physics Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 3 of the 25,628 students enrolled at University of Virginia were GI Bill® students, of which 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $0. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

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 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full University of Virginia Veteran Student Life Report

• Best Engineering & Applied Physics Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

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

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