2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Math & CompSci for a Bachelor’s

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Math & CompSci for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2020-2021, 1,302 people earned their degree in mathematics and computer science, making the major the 221st most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, mathematics and computer science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $80,867 and had an average of $19,874 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 70 mathematics and computer science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 44 mathematics and computer science graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,457 and $25,851 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Math & CompSci for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in mathematics and computer science. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent mathematics and computer science programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the mathematics and computer science program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Math & CompSci for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Math & CompSci for a Bachelor’s”.

Top 2 Best Mathematics & Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Middle Atlantic Region

1

Columbia University in the City of New York
New York, New York

739 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Columbia University in the City of New York. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Math & CompSci for a Bachelor’s. Columbia is a large private not-for-profit school situated in New York, New York. It awarded 17 bachelors’s math and compsci degrees in 2020-2021.

Columbia also made our “Best Mathematics & Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #1.Among the 30,135 students enrolled at Columbia, 739 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 467 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $22,069. To help with additional expenses, 328 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Columbia University in the City of New York]](/colleges/columbia-university-in-the-city-of-new-york/student-life/veterans/)

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Temple University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

830 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Math & CompSci for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Temple University landed the #2 spot on the list. Temple is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 15 bachelors’s math and compsci degrees to qualified students.

Temple also made our “Best Mathematics & Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #2.Of the 37,236 students enrolled at Temple University, 830 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 510 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $13,479. On top of their other funding sources, 9 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Temple Veteran Student Life Report

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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

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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