2023 Best Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Connecticut
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$38,200
Avg Cost*
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 Connecticut for Bioengineering for a Bachelor’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering is the 62nd most popular major in the country with 12,811 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Connecticut, there were 230 bioengineering and biomedical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 136 bioengineering and biomedical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,551 and $25,342 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Connecticut for Bioengineering for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in bioengineering and biomedical engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality bioengineering and biomedical engineering programs as well as strong veteran support.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the bioengineering and biomedical engineering program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in Connecticut for Bioengineering for a Bachelor’s” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Connecticut for Bioengineering for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for connecticut bachelor’s degree vets studying bioengineering.
Top 2 Best Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Connecticut
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Connecticut for Bioengineering for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Connecticut landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Storrs, Connecticut, this large public school awarded 91 degrees to qualified bachelors’s bioengineering students in 2020-2021.
UCONN did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list.According to our most recent data, UCONN supports 27,215 students, and 1 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 0 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $0. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.
Full UCONN Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Hartford. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Connecticut for Bioengineering for a Bachelor’s list. UHart is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in West Hartford, Connecticut. It awarded 13 bachelors’s bioengineering degrees in 2020-2021.
UHart not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list.Of the 6,493 students enrolled at University of Hartford, 96 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 54 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $12,928. In addition to receiving other benefits, 18 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
[Read full report on veteran student life at University of Hartford]](/colleges/university-of-hartford/student-life/veterans/)
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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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