2023 Best Science, Technology & Society Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Middle Atlantic Region
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Ranked Colleges
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Avg Salary
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 Middle Atlantic Region for Science, Tech & Society for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Science, Technology & Society is the 232nd most popular major in the country with 1,095 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, science, technology and society graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $41,177 and had an average of $22,529 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 494 science, technology and society graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,829 and $17,485 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 404 science, technology and society graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,457 and $25,851 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Science, Tech & Society for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in science, technology and society. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality science, technology and society programs as well as strong veteran support.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the science, technology and society program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Science, Tech & Society for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Science, Tech & Society for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 4 Best Science, Technology & Society Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Middle Atlantic Region
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Science, Tech & Society for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgetown University landed the #1 spot on the list. Georgetown is a large school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 72 bachelors’s science, tech and society degrees in 2020-2021.
Georgetown not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Science, Technology & Society Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list.According to our most recent data, Georgetown University supports 19,371 students, and 10 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 5 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $30,300. During this same period, 1 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Georgetown University does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, 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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Out of the 4 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Science, Tech & Society for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Carnegie Mellon University landed the #2 spot on the list. Carnegie Mellon University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Carnegie Mellon, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Science, Technology & Society Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking.Among the 13,519 students enrolled at Carnegie Mellon University, 117 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 72 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $18,422. To help with additional expenses, 36 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
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%. With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Farmingdale State College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Science, Tech & Society for a Bachelor’s list. Farmingdale State College is a public institution located in Farmingdale, New York. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 293 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
SUNY College of Technology at Farmingdale also made our “Best Science, Technology & Society Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #4.According to our most recent data, Farmingdale State College supports 10,018 students, and 250 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 174 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,431. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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 SUNY College of Technology at Farmingdale]](/colleges/farmingdale-state-college/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Vassar College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Science, Tech & Society for a Bachelor’s list. Vassar College is a small school located in Poughkeepsie, New York that handed out 11 bachelors’s science, tech and society degrees in 2020-2021.
Vassar not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Science, Technology & Society Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 46 of the 2,435 students enrolled at Vassar were GI Bill® students, of which 32 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $24,278. During this same period, 33 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. 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 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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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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