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 Nuclear Engineering for a Doctorate list. RPI is a private not-for-profit institution located in Troy, New York. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.
RPI not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Nuclear Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list.According to our most recent data, RPI supports 7,501 students, and 104 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 72 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $23,164. On top of their other funding sources, 59 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 91%.