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

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192 Degrees Awarded
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Most Veteran Friendly in Maryland for Chem Eng for a Bachelor'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 Maryland for Chem Eng for a Bachelor’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Chemical Engineering is the 64th most popular major in the country with 12,690 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across Maryland, there were 285 chemical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 192 chemical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,642 and $26,517 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Maryland for Chem Eng for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in chemical engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent chemical engineering programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the chemical engineering program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Veteran Friendly in Maryland for Chem Eng for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Maryland for Chem Eng for a Bachelor’s”.

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

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maryland - College Park. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Maryland for Chem Eng for a Bachelor’s list. UMCP is a large public school situated in College Park, Maryland. It awarded 66 bachelors’s chem eng degrees in 2020-2021.

UMCP also made our “Best Chemical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list, coming in at #2.Among the 40,709 students enrolled at UMCP, 16 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 13 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $1,716. On top of their other funding sources, 8 students qualified for 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at UMCP]](/colleges/university-of-maryland-college-park/student-life/veterans/)

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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 Chem Eng for a Bachelor’s. Johns Hopkins is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Baltimore, Maryland. It awarded 69 bachelors’s chem eng degrees in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Johns Hopkins, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Chemical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maryland” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 4 of the 28,890 students enrolled at Johns Hopkins were GI Bill® students, of which 2 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $1,793. On top of their other funding sources, 0 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%. 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 excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Johns Hopkins University]](/colleges/johns-hopkins-university/student-life/veterans/)

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maryland - Baltimore County. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Maryland for Chem Eng for a Bachelor’s list. This fairly large school is located in Baltimore, Maryland, and it awarded 57 bachelors’s chem eng 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 Chemical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maryland” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 53 of the 13,497 students enrolled at UMBC were GI Bill® students, of which 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. In addition to receiving other benefits, 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 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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