You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rochester Institute of Technology. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Astrophysical Sciences for a Doctorate. Rochester Institute of Technology is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Rochester, New York. It awarded 5 doctorate’s astrophysical sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at RIT, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Astrophysics Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 1 of the 16,158 students enrolled at Rochester Institute of Technology were GI Bill® students, of which 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $17,424. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, 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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