2023 Best Engineering Physics Colleges for Veterans in New Jersey
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$49,600
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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 New Jersey for Engineering Physics” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 994 people earned their degree in engineering physics, making the major the 244th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, engineering physics graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $53,863 and had an average of $25,114 in loans still to pay off.
Across New Jersey, there were 11 engineering physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great engineering physics programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the engineering physics 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 New Jersey for Engineering Physics
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in New Jersey for Engineering Physics”.
Top 1 Best Engineering Physics Colleges for Veterans in New Jersey
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stevens Institute of Technology. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in New Jersey for Engineering Physics list. Stevens Institute of Technology is a medium-sized school located in Hoboken, New Jersey that handed out 11 ’s engineering physics degrees in 2020-2021.
Stevens not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] on our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list.Our most recent data shows that 48 of the 7,257 students enrolled at Stevens were GI Bill® students, of which 31 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $17,200. In addition to receiving other benefits, 12 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%. 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 Stevens Institute of Technology]](/colleges/stevens-institute-of-technology/student-life/veterans/)
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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
- *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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