You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Visual Arts for a Doctorate. Located in Troy, New York, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 6 degrees to qualified doctorate’s visual arts students in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our middle atlantic region doctor’s degree vets studying visual arts list, RPI has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking.Of the 7,501 students enrolled at RPI, 104 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 72 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $23,164. To help with additional expenses, 59 students received funds through 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.