2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Physical Science for a Doctorate
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$43,300
Avg Cost*
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. 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 Physical Science for a Doctorate” ranking is part of that endeavor.
General Physical Sciences is the 144th most popular major in the country with 3,823 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, general physical sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $26,561 and had an average of $12,761 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 1,275 general physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,024 and $11,172 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general physical sciences programs as well as strong veteran support.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the general physical sciences program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Physical Science for a Doctorate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Physical Science for a Doctorate”.
Top 1 Best General Physical Sciences Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Middle Atlantic Region
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Physical Science for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Rochester Institute of Technology landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Rochester, New York, and it awarded 13 doctorate’s physical science 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 General Physical Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking.Among the 16,158 students enrolled at Rochester Institute of Technology, 1 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $17,424. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Rochester Institute of Technology offers credit for military training for eligible students.
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 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Rochester Institute of Technology]](/colleges/rochester-institute-of-technology/student-life/veterans/)
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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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