2023 Best General Nuclear Engineering Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Middle Atlantic Region
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With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 General Nuclear Engineering for a Doctorate” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 864 people earned their degree in general nuclear engineering, making the major the 468th most popular in the United States.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 136 general nuclear engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general nuclear engineering programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the general nuclear engineering program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for General Nuclear Engineering for a Doctorate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for General Nuclear Engineering for a Doctorate”.
Top 1 Best General Nuclear Engineering Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Middle Atlantic Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for General Nuclear Engineering for a Doctorate list. RPI is a medium-sized school located in Troy, New York that handed out 3 doctorate’s general nuclear engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
RPI also made our “Best General Nuclear Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #1.Our most recent data shows that 104 of the 7,501 students enrolled at RPI were GI Bill® students, of which 72 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $23,164. To help with additional expenses, 59 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute]](/colleges/rensselaer-polytechnic-institute/student-life/veterans/)
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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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