2023 Best Engineering Science Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$29,600
Avg Cost*
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 the New England Region for Engineering Science for a Doctorate” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Engineering Science is the 205th most popular major in the country with 1,454 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, engineering science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $76,473 and had an average of $22,601 in loans still to pay off.
Across the New England region, there were 406 engineering science graduates with average earnings and debt of $76,341 and $15,000 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Engineering Science for a Doctorate” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in engineering science. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great engineering science programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the engineering science program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Engineering Science for a Doctorate
The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region doctor’s degree vets studying engineering science.
Top 2 Best Engineering Science Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Harvard University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Engineering Science for a Doctorate. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 23 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s engineering science students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Harvard, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Engineering Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 304 of the 30,391 students enrolled at Harvard University were GI Bill® students, of which 254 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,012. On top of their other funding sources, 1 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%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Harvard]](/colleges/harvard-university/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Dartmouth College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Engineering Science for a Doctorate list. Dartmouth College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Hanover, New Hampshire. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 18 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Dartmouth not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Engineering Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list.According to our most recent data, Dartmouth supports 6,292 students, and 15 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 9 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $23,075. During this same period, 8 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Full Dartmouth Veteran Student Life Report
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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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