2023 Best Robotics Engineering Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region

With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Robotics Engineering for a Master’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2020-2021, 1,243 people earned their degree in robotics engineering, making the major the 230th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, robotics engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $72,719 and had an average of $21,565 in loans still to pay off.

Across the New England region, there were 243 robotics engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $79,999 and $27,000 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Robotics Engineering for a Master’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in robotics engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality robotics engineering programs as well as strong veteran support.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the robotics 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 Robotics Engineering for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Robotics Engineering for a Master’s”.

Top 2 Best Robotics Engineering Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region

1

Northeastern University
Boston, Massachusetts

9 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

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 Robotics Engineering for a Master’s list. Boston, Massachusetts is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s robotics engineering degrees to 11 students in 2020-2021.

Northeastern also took the #2 spot in our “Best Robotics Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking.Among the 22,905 students enrolled at Northeastern University, 9 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 6 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $25,441. To help with additional expenses, 2 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Northeastern Veteran Student Life Report

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Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Worcester, Massachusetts

77 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

$15,341 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Worcester Polytechnic Institute. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Robotics Engineering for a Master’s. Worcester Polytechnic Institute is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Worcester, Massachusetts. It awarded 82 masters’s robotics engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at WPI, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Robotics Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking.Among the 6,920 students enrolled at WPI, 77 are 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. During this same period, 7 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Full Worcester Polytechnic Institute Veteran Student Life Report

• Best Robotics Engineering Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

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

Footnotes

• *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.