by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Transportation Engineering Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2021-2022, 129 people earned their degree in trasportation engineering, making the major the 914th most popular in the United States.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 53 trasportation engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 18 trasportation engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $76,902 and $128,547 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Transportation Engineering Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in trasportation engineering. That schools that top this list have a program in trasportation engineering in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Transportation Engineering Major in the Middle Atlantic Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Morgan State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Transportation Engineering Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Baltimore, Maryland, and it awarded 14 doctorate’s transportation engineering degrees in 2021-2022.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Jersey Institute of Technology. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Transportation Engineering Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. New Jersey Institute of Technology is located in Newark, New Jersey and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 6 doctorate’s transportation engineering degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Transportation Engineering Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Troy, New York, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 5 degrees to qualified doctorate’s transportation engineering students in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Trasportation Engineering Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New York University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Transportation Engineering Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. NYU is located in New York, New York and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 7 doctorate’s transportation engineering degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.8% 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%.
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