2023 Best General Architecture Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Middle Atlantic Region

Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Architecture for a Doctorate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2020-2021, 4,982 people earned their degree in general architecture, making the major the 127th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, general architecture graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $49,005 and had an average of $26,624 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 684 general architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,230 and $28,299 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Architecture for a Doctorate” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general architecture. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general architecture programs as well as strong veteran support.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general architecture program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Architecture for a Doctorate” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Architecture for a Doctorate

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region doctor’s degree vets studying architecture.

Top 2 Best General Architecture Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Middle Atlantic Region

1

University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

324 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Pennsylvania. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Architecture for a Doctorate. Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 5 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s architecture students in 2020-2021.

UPenn also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Architecture Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 324 of the 26,552 students enrolled at University of Pennsylvania were GI Bill® students, of which 131 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $19,383. To help with additional expenses, 78 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

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Columbia University in the City of New York
New York, New York

739 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Columbia University in the City of New York. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Architecture for a Doctorate list. Columbia is located in New York, New York and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 doctorate’s architecture degrees to qualified students.

Columbia did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Architecture Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 739 of the 30,135 students enrolled at Columbia were GI Bill® students, of which 467 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $22,069. In addition to receiving other benefits, 328 students qualified for 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 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Columbia]](/colleges/columbia-university-in-the-city-of-new-york/student-life/veterans/)

• Best General Architecture Doctor’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.

Credits

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