2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Optics/Optical Sciences for a Master’s
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$42,000
Avg Cost*
When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Middle Atlantic Region for Optics/Optical Sciences for a Master’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 196 people earned their degree in optics/optical sciences, making the major the 816th most popular in the United States.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 56 optics/optical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great optics/optical sciences programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the optics/optical sciences program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Optics/Optical Sciences for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Optics/Optical Sciences for a Master’s”.
Top 1 Best Optics/Optical Sciences Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Middle Atlantic Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Rochester. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Optics/Optical Sciences for a Master’s list. University of Rochester is a private not-for-profit institution located in Rochester, New York. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 34 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at University of Rochester, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Optics/Optical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, University of Rochester supports 11,741 students, and 7 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 3 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $14,872. To help with additional expenses, 1 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate 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%.
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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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