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2023 Best Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region

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242 Degrees Awarded
$36,100 Avg Cost*
Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Bioengineering for a Master's

With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Bioengineering for a Master’s” ranking.

Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering is the 62nd most popular major in the country with 12,811 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the New England region, there were 1,180 bioengineering and biomedical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Bioengineering for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 10 colleges that offered a degree in bioengineering and biomedical engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent bioengineering and biomedical 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 bioengineering and biomedical engineering program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Bioengineering for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Bioengineering for a Master’s”.

Top 10 Best Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Bioengineering for a Master’s list. MIT is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 masters’s bioengineering degrees to qualified students.

MIT not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list.Among the 11,254 students enrolled at MIT, 129 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 38 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $17,024. To help with additional expenses, 32 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

With a freshman retention rate of 98%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 3 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. 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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Brown University
Providence, Rhode Island

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brown University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Bioengineering for a Master’s list. Brown is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Providence, Rhode Island. It awarded 16 masters’s bioengineering degrees in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Brown, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, Brown University supports 9,948 students, and 98 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 19 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $20,111. On top of their other funding sources, 40 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

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. 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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Boston University
Boston, Massachusetts

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boston University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Bioengineering for a Master’s list. Boston U is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Boston, Massachusetts. It awarded 67 masters’s bioengineering degrees in 2020-2021.

In addition to being on our new england region master’s degree vets studying bioengineering list, Boston U has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking.Among the 32,718 students enrolled at Boston U, 15 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $25,162. During this same period, 0 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

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University of Connecticut
Storrs, Connecticut

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Connecticut. The school came in at #4 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Bioengineering for a Master’s. UCONN is located in Storrs, Connecticut and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 24 masters’s bioengineering degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our new england region master’s degree vets studying bioengineering list, UCONN has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 1 of the 27,215 students enrolled at University of Connecticut were GI Bill® students, of which 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $0. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received scholarships through 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at UCONN]](/colleges/university-of-connecticut/student-life/veterans/)

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Tufts University
Medford, Massachusetts

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tufts University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Bioengineering for a Master’s list. Located in Medford, Massachusetts, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 32 degrees to qualified masters’s bioengineering students in 2020-2021.

Tufts not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list.According to our most recent data, Tufts supports 12,219 students, and 1 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 0 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $0. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate 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%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Tufts]](/colleges/tufts-university/student-life/veterans/)

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University of Massachusetts - Lowell ranked #6 on this year’s Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Bioengineering for a Master’s list. UMass Lowell is a fairly large public school situated in Lowell, Massachusetts. It awarded 19 masters’s bioengineering degrees in 2020-2021.

UMass Lowell not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #8 on our “Best Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list.According to our most recent data, UMass Lowell supports 18,150 students, and 623 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 290 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $8,664. To help with additional expenses, 29 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

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 of Maine came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Bioengineering for a Master’s ranking. University of Maine is a fairly large school located in Orono, Maine that handed out 4 masters’s bioengineering degrees in 2020-2021.

UMaine did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #10 on our “Best Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list.Among the 11,741 students enrolled at University of Maine, 21 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 17 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $16,419. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. University of Maine does offer 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%.

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University of New Haven
West Haven, Connecticut

University of New Haven did quite well in the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Bioengineering for a Master’s ranking, coming in at #8. West Haven, Connecticut is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s bioengineering degrees to 12 students in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at University of New Haven, the school also landed the #9 spot in our “Best Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking.Of the 6,961 students enrolled at University of New Haven, 327 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 225 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $16,535. In addition to receiving other benefits, 86 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

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%.

Full University of New Haven Veteran Student Life Report

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Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts

Harvard University ranked #9 on this year’s Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Bioengineering for a Master’s list. This large school is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and it awarded 8 masters’s bioengineering degrees in 2020-2021.

Harvard not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list.According to our most recent data, Harvard supports 30,391 students, and 304 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 254 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,012. On top of their other funding sources, 1 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.

The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. 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%.

Full Harvard Veteran Student Life Report

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Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Worcester, Massachusetts

With a ranking of #10, Worcester Polytechnic Institute did quite well on the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Bioengineering for a Master’s list. WPI is located in Worcester, Massachusetts and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 16 masters’s bioengineering degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our new england region master’s degree vets studying bioengineering list, WPI has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 77 of the 6,920 students enrolled at WPI were GI Bill® students, of which 47 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $15,341. In addition to receiving other benefits, 7 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%.

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