2023 Best Other Engineering Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
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When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Other Engineering for a Doctorate” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Other Engineering is the 177th most popular major in the country with 2,760 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, other engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $75,713 and had an average of $25,106 in loans still to pay off.
Across the New England region, there were 447 other engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $77,653 and $24,834 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Other Engineering for a Doctorate” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in other engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent other 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 other engineering program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Other Engineering for a Doctorate
The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region doctor’s degree vets studying other engineering.
Top 3 Best Other Engineering Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northeastern University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Other Engineering for a Doctorate list. Located in Boston, Massachusetts, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 5 degrees to qualified doctorate’s other engineering students in 2020-2021.
Northeastern not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Other Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 9 of the 22,905 students enrolled at Northeastern University were GI Bill® students, of which 6 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $25,441. On top of their other funding sources, 2 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Northeastern University Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Massachusetts - Lowell. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Other Engineering for a Doctorate list. Lowell, Massachusetts is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s other engineering degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMass Lowell, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Other Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 623 of the 18,150 students enrolled at University of Massachusetts - Lowell were GI Bill® students, of which 290 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,664. During this same period, 29 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. University of Massachusetts - Lowell offers credit for military training for eligible students.
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%.
Full UMass Lowell Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Worcester Polytechnic Institute. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Other Engineering for a Doctorate list. Worcester Polytechnic Institute is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Worcester, Massachusetts. It awarded 1 doctorate’s other engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
WPI did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Other Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list.Of the 6,920 students enrolled at WPI, 77 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 47 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $15,341. To help with additional expenses, 7 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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%.
Full WPI 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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