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2023 Best General Engineering Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Massachusetts

1 Ranked Colleges
319 Degrees Awarded
$47,300 Avg Cost*
Most Veteran Friendly in Massachusetts for Engineering for a Master's

Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Massachusetts for Engineering for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 11,796 people earned their degree in general engineering, making the major the 79th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, general engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $68,873 and had an average of $20,557 in loans still to pay off.

Across Massachusetts, there were 632 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,764 and $15,089 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general engineering programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general engineering program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Veteran Friendly in Massachusetts for Engineering for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Massachusetts for Engineering for a Master’s”.

Top 1 Best General Engineering Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Massachusetts

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Northeastern University
Boston, Massachusetts

Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Massachusetts for Engineering for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Northeastern University landed the #1 spot on the list. Northeastern is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Boston, Massachusetts. It awarded 318 masters’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

Northeastern not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list.Of the 22,905 students enrolled at Northeastern University, 9 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 6 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $25,441. In addition to receiving other benefits, 2 students received funds through 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 97%.

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