Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Virginia for Polymer Engineering for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Virginia Tech landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Blacksburg, Virginia, this large public school handed out 6 degrees to qualified doctorate’s polymer engineering students in 2020-2021.
Virginia Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Polymer & Plastics Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list.Of the 37,024 students enrolled at Virginia Tech, 119 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 108 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $12,314. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.
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