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

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. 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 New Jersey for Systems Engineering for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 3,904 people earned their degree in systems engineering, making the major the 160th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, systems engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $89,736 and had an average of $21,799 in loans still to pay off.

Across New Jersey, there were 287 systems engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $90,973 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in New Jersey for Systems Engineering for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in systems engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great systems engineering programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the systems 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 New Jersey for Systems Engineering for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in New Jersey for Systems Engineering for a Master’s”.

Top 2 Best Systems Engineering Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in New Jersey

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New Jersey Institute of Technology
Newark, New Jersey

164 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in New Jersey for Systems Engineering for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, New Jersey Institute of Technology landed the #1 spot on the list. NJIT is a fairly large school located in Newark, New Jersey that handed out 7 masters’s systems engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

NJIT did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Systems Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” list.According to our most recent data, NJIT supports 11,652 students, and 164 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 83 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $10,409. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

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 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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Stevens Institute of Technology
Hoboken, New Jersey

48 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

$17,200 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Stevens Institute of Technology. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in New Jersey for Systems Engineering for a Master’s. Stevens Institute of Technology is a private not-for-profit institution located in Hoboken, New Jersey. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 105 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Stevens also took the #1 spot in our “Best Systems Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” ranking.Of the 7,257 students enrolled at Stevens Institute of Technology, 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 tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $17,200. During this same period, 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 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%.

Full Stevens Veteran Student Life Report

• Best Systems Engineering Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Middle Atlantic Region
• Best Systems 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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