2023 Most Popular Colleges for Civil Engineering in the Middle Atlantic Region
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In 2020-2021, 131 people earned their degree in civil engineering, making the major the 908th most popular in the United States.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 3 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Civil Engineering Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in civil engineering. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in civil engineering.
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Most Well Attended Civil Engineering Major in the Middle Atlantic Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region civil engineering students.
Top 3 Most Popular Colleges for Civil Engineering in the Middle Atlantic Region
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Civil Engineering Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of the District of Columbia landed the #1 spot on the list. University of the District of Columbia is a public institution located in Washington, District of Columbia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Read full report on Civil Engineering at University of the District of Columbia
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Carnegie Mellon University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Civil Engineering Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. Carnegie Mellon is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 ’s civil engineering degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Full Carnegie Mellon University Civil Engineering Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Delaware. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Civil Engineering Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. UD is a public institution located in Newark, Delaware. The school has a large population, and it awarded 0 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full UD Civil Engineering Report
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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).
- 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.
- 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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