2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering Science in the Middle Atlantic Region
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$41,100
Avg Cost*
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
General Engineering Science is the 342nd most popular major in the country with 1,422 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 335 general engineering science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 16 general engineering science graduates with average earnings and debt of $76,902 and $128,547 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general engineering science. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their general engineering science program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region doctor’s degree engineering science students.
Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering Science in the Middle Atlantic Region
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute landed the #1 spot on the list. RPI is a private not-for-profit institution located in Troy, New York. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 0 doctorate’s degrees in 2021-2022.
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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.
Read more about General Engineering Science at RPI
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Clarkson University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. This small school is located in Potsdam, New York, and it awarded 0 doctorate’s engineering science degrees in 2021-2022.
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 General Engineering Science at Clarkson University
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
- *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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