by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Engineering Science Major in the Far Western US Region for a Doctorate” ranking is part of that endeavor.
General Engineering Science is the 342nd most popular major in the country with 1,454 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 80 general engineering science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 general engineering science graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,423 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Engineering Science Major in the Far Western US Region for a Doctorate” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general engineering science. To top this list, a school must have a successful general engineering science program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Well Attended Engineering Science Major in the Far Western US Region for a Doctorate” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Engineering Science Major in the Far Western US Region for a Doctorate”.
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Engineering Science Major in the Far Western US Region for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Washington State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Wazzu is a large public school situated in Pullman, Washington. It awarded 3 doctorate’s engineering science degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of California - San Diego. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Engineering Science Major in the Far Western US Region for a Doctorate. La Jolla, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s engineering science degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, 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 1.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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