2023 Best Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in New Jersey

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Rutgers University - New Brunswick
New Brunswick, New Jersey

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rutgers University - New Brunswick. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in New Jersey for ME for a Master’s. Located in New Brunswick, New Jersey, this large public school handed out 26 degrees to qualified masters’s ME students in 2020-2021.

Rutgers New Brunswick not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” list.According to our most recent data, Rutgers New Brunswick supports 50,411 students, and 1 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 3 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $3,625. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Rutgers New Brunswick offers credit for military training for eligible students.

With a freshman retention rate of 93%, 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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New Jersey Institute of Technology
Newark, New Jersey

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Jersey Institute of Technology. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in New Jersey for ME for a Master’s list. Located in Newark, New Jersey, this fairly large public school awarded 27 degrees to qualified masters’s ME students in 2020-2021.

NJIT did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” list.According to our most recent data, New Jersey Institute of Technology supports 11,652 students, and 164 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 83 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $10,409. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, 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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Stevens Institute of Technology
Hoboken, New Jersey

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Stevens Institute of Technology. The school came in at #3 for the Most Veteran Friendly in New Jersey for ME for a Master’s. Stevens is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Hoboken, New Jersey. It awarded 102 masters’s ME degrees in 2020-2021.

Stevens also took the #2 spot in our “Best Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” ranking.Of the 7,257 students enrolled at Stevens, 48 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 31 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $17,200. On top of their other funding sources, 12 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, 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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Princeton University
Princeton, New Jersey

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Princeton University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in New Jersey for ME for a Master’s list. Princeton is located in Princeton, New Jersey and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 11 masters’s ME degrees to qualified students.

Princeton also made our “Best Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” list, coming in at #1.Our most recent data shows that 24 of the 7,853 students enrolled at Princeton were GI Bill® students, of which 5 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $27,256. To help with additional expenses, 8 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 4 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. 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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