2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Mechanics Major in the Far Western US Region

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In 2020-2021, 272 people earned their degree in engineering mechanics, making the major the 308th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, engineering mechanics graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $64,399 and had an average of $24,558 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 4 engineering mechanics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Engineering Mechanics Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in engineering mechanics. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in engineering mechanics.

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Most Well Attended Engineering Mechanics Major in the Far Western US Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region engineering mechanics students.

Top 2 Most Popular Colleges for Engineering Mechanics in the Far Western US Region

1

California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, California

#7 overall quality in Far Western US

$94,845 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend California Institute of Technology. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Engineering Mechanics Major in the Far Western US Region. Caltech is located in Pasadena, California and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 ’s engineering mechanics degrees to qualified students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 3 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read full report on Engineering Mechanics at California Institute of Technology

2

Rogue Community College
Grants Pass, Oregon

$35,257 Average Early-Career Earnings

$14,980 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rogue Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Engineering Mechanics Major in the Far Western US Region. Located in Grants Pass, Oregon, this small public school handed out 0 degrees to qualified ’s engineering mechanics students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Engineering Mechanics at Rogue Community College

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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).
• 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.
• 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.

Credits

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