2023 Best General Nuclear Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Middle Atlantic Region
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Ranked Colleges
92
Degrees Awarded
$43,400
Avg Cost*
When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 the Middle Atlantic Region for General Nuclear Engineering for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
General Nuclear Engineering is the 468th most popular major in the country with 864 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 136 general nuclear engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 92 general nuclear engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,457 and $25,851 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general nuclear engineering programs as well as strong veteran support.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the general nuclear engineering program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for General Nuclear Engineering for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree vets studying general nuclear engineering.
Top 1 Best General Nuclear Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Middle Atlantic Region
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for General Nuclear Engineering for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Troy, New York, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 18 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s general nuclear engineering students in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree vets studying general nuclear engineering list, RPI has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best General Nuclear Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 104 of the 7,501 students enrolled at RPI were GI Bill® students, of which 72 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $23,164. During this same period, 59 students received scholarships through 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 91%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at RPI]](/colleges/rensselaer-polytechnic-institute/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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