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2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Aerospace Engineering for a Master’s

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153 Degrees Awarded
$80,073 Avg Salary
Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Aerospace Engineering for a Master's

When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Aerospace Engineering for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering is the 94th most popular major in the country with 8,001 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, aerospace and aeronautical engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $70,535 and had an average of $24,126 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 876 aerospace and aeronautical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $66,109 and $25,112 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Aerospace Engineering for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in aerospace and aeronautical engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent aerospace and aeronautical engineering programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the aerospace and aeronautical engineering program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Aerospace Engineering for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Aerospace Engineering for a Master’s”.

Top 5 Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Middle Atlantic Region

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Cornell University
Ithaca, New York

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cornell University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Aerospace Engineering for a Master’s list. Cornell is a large school located in Ithaca, New York that handed out 23 masters’s aerospace engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Cornell, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking.Among the 23,620 students enrolled at Cornell University, 2 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 2 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $12,780. To help with additional expenses, 2 students qualified for 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%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maryland - College Park. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Aerospace Engineering for a Master’s list. Located in College Park, Maryland, this large public school awarded 21 diplomas to qualified masters’s aerospace engineering students in 2020-2021.

UMCP also took the #3 spot in our “Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 16 of the 40,709 students enrolled at University of Maryland - College Park were GI Bill® students, of which 13 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $1,716. To help with additional expenses, 8 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

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 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

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Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland

Out of the 5 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Aerospace Engineering for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Johns Hopkins University landed the #3 spot on the list. Baltimore, Maryland is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s aerospace engineering degrees to 52 students in 2020-2021.

Johns Hopkins not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list.Of the 28,890 students enrolled at Johns Hopkins University, 4 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 2 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $1,793. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. 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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University at Buffalo
Buffalo, New York

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University at Buffalo. The school came in at #4 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Aerospace Engineering for a Master’s. Buffalo, New York is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s aerospace engineering degrees to 12 students in 2020-2021.

University at Buffalo did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list.Among the 32,347 students enrolled at University at Buffalo, 382 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 195 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $7,050. During this same period, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. University at Buffalo offers credit for military training for eligible students.

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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.

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Out of the 5 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Aerospace Engineering for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute landed the #5 spot on the list. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Troy, New York. It awarded 22 masters’s aerospace engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region master’s degree vets studying aerospace engineering list, RPI has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, RPI supports 7,501 students, and 104 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 72 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $23,164. During this same period, 59 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 91%.

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