2023 Most Focused Colleges for General Engineering Science in Idaho

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools Highly Focused on Engineering Science Major in Idaho” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2021-2022, 1,422 people earned their degree in general engineering science, making the major the 342nd most popular in the United States.

Across Idaho, there were 10 general engineering science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Engineering Science Major in Idaho” 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 Highly Focused on Engineering Science Major in Idaho

The colleges and universities below are the best for idaho engineering science students.

Top 2 Most Focused Colleges for General Engineering Science in Idaho

1

North Idaho College
Coeur d'Alene, Idaho

#7 overall quality in Idaho

$35,512 Average Early-Career Earnings

$10,795 Average Student Debt

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Engineering Science Major in Idaho that were part of this year’s ranking, North Idaho College landed the #1 spot on the list. NIC is a small public school situated in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. It awarded 7 ’s engineering science degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full NIC General Engineering Science Report

2

Idaho State University
Pocatello, Idaho

#6 overall quality in Idaho

$44,640 Average Early-Career Earnings

$28,718 Average Student Debt

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Engineering Science Major in Idaho that were part of this year’s ranking, Idaho State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Idaho State University is a fairly large school located in Pocatello, Idaho that handed out 3 ’s engineering science degrees in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.9% 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 full report on General Engineering Science at Idaho State 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

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

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Nicolás Pérez.