2023 Best Engineering Physics Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Middle Atlantic Region
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Engineering Physics for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Engineering Physics is the 244th most popular major in the country with 994 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, engineering physics graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $53,863 and had an average of $25,114 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 169 engineering physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,359 and $25,500 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Engineering Physics for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in engineering physics. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality engineering physics programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the engineering physics program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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The engineering physics school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Engineering Physics for a Master’s”.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Engineering Physics for a Master’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region master’s degree vets studying engineering physics.
Top 3 Best Engineering Physics Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Middle Atlantic Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cornell University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Engineering Physics for a Master’s list. Cornell is a private not-for-profit institution located in Ithaca, New York. The school has a large population, and it awarded 19 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Cornell did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Engineering Physics Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list.According to our most recent data, Cornell supports 23,620 students, and 2 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 2 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $12,780. In addition to receiving other benefits, 2 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Cornell University]](/colleges/cornell-university/student-life/veterans/)
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Engineering Physics for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Columbia University in the City of New York landed the #2 spot on the list. Columbia is located in New York, New York and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 17 masters’s engineering physics degrees to qualified students.
Columbia also made our “Best Engineering Physics Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #1.Our most recent data shows that 739 of the 30,135 students enrolled at Columbia University in the City of New York were GI Bill® students, of which 467 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $22,069. On top of their other funding sources, 328 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, 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 Columbia]](/colleges/columbia-university-in-the-city-of-new-york/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Stevens Institute of Technology. The school came in at #3 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Engineering Physics for a Master’s. Hoboken, New Jersey is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s engineering physics degrees to 8 students in 2020-2021.
Stevens not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Engineering Physics Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list.According to our most recent data, Stevens 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.
With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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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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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