2023 Best Mathematics & Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
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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 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 New England Region for Math & CompSci for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 1,302 people earned their degree in mathematics and computer science, making the major the 369th most popular in the United States.
Across the New England region, there were 206 mathematics and computer science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 75 mathematics and computer science graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,403 and $25,944 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Math & CompSci for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in mathematics and computer science. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality mathematics and computer science programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the mathematics and computer science program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Math & CompSci for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region bachelor’s degree vets studying math & compsci.
Top 3 Best Mathematics & Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Math & CompSci for a Bachelor’s list. This fairly large school is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and it awarded 32 bachelors’s math and compsci degrees in 2020-2021.
MIT not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Mathematics & Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list.Among the 11,254 students enrolled at MIT, 129 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 38 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $17,024. To help with additional expenses, 32 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. MIT offers credit for military training for eligible students.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 3 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 98%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Math & CompSci for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Yale University landed the #2 spot on the list. Yale is located in New Haven, Connecticut and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 15 bachelors’s math and compsci degrees to qualified students.
Yale also took the #3 spot in our “Best Mathematics & Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking.Among the 12,060 students enrolled at Yale University, 1 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $12,238. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
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%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 4 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Worcester Polytechnic Institute. The school came in at #3 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Math & CompSci for a Bachelor’s. Located in Worcester, Massachusetts, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 6 degrees to qualified bachelors’s math and compsci students in 2020-2021.
WPI also made our “Best Mathematics & Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #2.Our most recent data shows that 77 of the 6,920 students enrolled at Worcester Polytechnic Institute were GI Bill® students, of which 47 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $15,341. On top of their other funding sources, 7 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
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%. With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Worcester Polytechnic Institute]](/colleges/worcester-polytechnic-institute/student-life/veterans/)
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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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