Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Engineering Physics for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Cornell University landed the #1 spot on the list. Cornell is located in Ithaca, New York and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 11 doctorate’s engineering physics degrees to qualified students.
Cornell also made our “Best Engineering Physics Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #1.Our most recent data shows that 2 of the 23,620 students enrolled at Cornell University were GI Bill® students, of which 2 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $12,780. During this same period, 2 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Cornell University]](/colleges/cornell-university/student-life/veterans/)