by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Transportation Engineering Major” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Trasportation Engineering is the 914th most popular major in the country with 129 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 79 trasportation engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,979 and $43,370 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Transportation Engineering Major” ranking looked at 12 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in trasportation engineering. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their trasportation engineering program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Transportation Engineering Major”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Morgan State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Transportation Engineering Major list. Morgan State University is a medium-sized school located in Baltimore, Maryland that handed out 3 masters’s transportation engineering degrees in 2021-2022.
Read full report on Trasportation Engineering at Morgan State
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New Jersey Institute of Technology. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Transportation Engineering Major. Newark, New Jersey is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s transportation engineering degrees to 3 students in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%. 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%.
Read full report on Trasportation Engineering at New Jersey Institute of Technology
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Illinois Institute of Technology. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Transportation Engineering Major list. Illinois Institute of Technology is located in Chicago, Illinois and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 1 masters’s transportation engineering degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Trasportation Engineering at Illinois Institute of Technology
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Transportation Engineering Major list. Seattle, Washington is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s transportation engineering degrees to 40 students in 2021-2022.
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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Transportation Engineering Major list. Cambridge, Massachusetts is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s transportation engineering degrees to 6 students in 2021-2022.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 3 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 99%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
With a ranking of #6, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Transportation Engineering Major list. Located in Troy, New York, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified masters’s transportation engineering students in 2021-2022.
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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Trasportation Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
University of Southern California did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Transportation Engineering Major ranking, coming in at #7. USC is a private not-for-profit institution located in Los Angeles, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 10 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.5% 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%.
University of California - Davis ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Transportation Engineering Major list. This large school is located in Davis, California, and it awarded 5 masters’s transportation engineering degrees in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% 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%.
Read more about Trasportation Engineering at University of California - Davis
With a ranking of #9, New York University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Transportation Engineering Major list. Located in New York, New York, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 9 diplomas to qualified masters’s transportation engineering students in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
University of Nevada - Las Vegas came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Transportation Engineering Major ranking. UNLV is a large public school situated in Las Vegas, Nevada. It awarded 0 masters’s transportation engineering degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Trasportation Engineering at University of Nevada - Las Vegas
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Transportation Engineering Major ranking. Ann Arbor, Michigan is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s transportation engineering degrees to 0 students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
With a ranking of #10, Catholic University of America did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Transportation Engineering Major list. Washington, District of Columbia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s transportation engineering degrees to 0 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, 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 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Trasportation Engineering at Catholic University of America
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