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2023 Best Computer Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Maryland

3 Ranked Colleges
204 Degrees Awarded
$82,040 Avg Salary
Most Veteran Friendly in Maryland for CE for a Bachelor's

With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in Maryland for CE for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 17,987 people earned their degree in computer engineering, making the major the 56th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, computer engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $73,143 and had an average of $24,685 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maryland, there were 220 computer engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $82,040 and $19,921 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 204 computer engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,642 and $26,517 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Maryland for CE for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in computer engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent computer engineering programs, but they also offer a lot of support to 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 computer engineering program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Veteran Friendly in Maryland for CE for a Bachelor’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for maryland bachelor’s degree vets studying ce.

Top 3 Best Computer Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Maryland

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Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Maryland for CE for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maryland - College Park landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in College Park, Maryland, this large public school handed out 116 degrees to qualified bachelors’s CE students in 2020-2021.

UMCP also took the #1 spot in our “Best Computer Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maryland” ranking.According to our most recent data, UMCP supports 40,709 students, and 16 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 13 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $1,716. During this same period, 8 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. UMCP offers credit for military training for eligible students.

With a freshman retention rate of 95%, 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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Johns Hopkins crest
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Johns Hopkins University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Maryland for CE for a Bachelor’s. Baltimore, Maryland is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s CE degrees to 19 students in 2020-2021.

Johns Hopkins did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Computer Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list.According to our most recent data, Johns Hopkins supports 28,890 students, and 4 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 2 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $1,793. During this same period, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.

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 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 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Johns Hopkins University Veteran Student Life Report

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maryland - Baltimore County. The school came in at #3 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Maryland for CE for a Bachelor’s. This fairly large school is located in Baltimore, Maryland, and it awarded 54 bachelors’s CE degrees in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMBC, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Computer Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maryland” ranking.Of the 13,497 students enrolled at UMBC, 53 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 30 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $9,027. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.

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