2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for General Nuclear Engineering
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Ranked Colleges
136
Degrees Awarded
$43,400
Avg Cost*
When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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” 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.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general nuclear engineering programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general nuclear engineering program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for General Nuclear Engineering
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for General Nuclear Engineering”.
Top 1 Best General Nuclear Engineering Colleges for Veterans in the Middle Atlantic Region
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for General Nuclear Engineering that were part of this year’s ranking, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute landed the #1 spot on the list. Troy, New York is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s general nuclear engineering degrees to 23 students in 2020-2021.
RPI also took the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] spot in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.Among the 7,501 students enrolled at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 104 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 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.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. 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 RPI]](/colleges/rensselaer-polytechnic-institute/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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