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

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Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering is the 782nd most popular major in the country with 227 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 83 chemical and biomolecular engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Chemical Engineering for a Master’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in chemical and biomolecular engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent chemical and biomolecular 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 chemical and biomolecular 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 Middle Atlantic Region for Chemical Engineering for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region master’s degree vets studying chemical engineering.

Top 2 Best Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Middle Atlantic Region

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University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

324 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Pennsylvania. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Chemical Engineering for a Master’s list. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s chemical engineering degrees to 15 students in 2020-2021.

UPenn not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list.According to our most recent data, UPenn supports 26,552 students, and 324 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 131 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $19,383. On top of their other funding sources, 78 students received funds through 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. 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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Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, New York

208 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Stony Brook University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Chemical Engineering for a Master’s. Located in Stony Brook, New York, this large public school handed out 4 diplomas to qualified masters’s chemical engineering students in 2020-2021.

SUNY Stony Brook not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list.Among the 26,782 students enrolled at Stony Brook University, 208 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 127 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,244. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Stony Brook University offers credit for military training for eligible students.

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 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

[Read full report on veteran student life at SUNY Stony Brook]](/colleges/stony-brook-university/student-life/veterans/)

• Best Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Master’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.

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