2023 Schools Highly Focused on Applied Engineering Major in the New England Region
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In 2021-2022, 494 people earned their degree in applied engineering, making the major the 755th most popular in the United States.
Across the New England region, there were 54 applied engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Applied Engineering Major in the New England Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in applied engineering. That schools that top this list have a program in applied engineering in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Schools Highly Focused on Applied Engineering Major in the New England Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region applied engineering students.
Top 2 Most Focused Colleges for Applied Engineering in the New England Region
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Applied Engineering Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Massachusetts Maritime Academy landed the #1 spot on the list. Massachusetts Maritime Academy is located in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 51 ’s applied engineering degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.0% 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%.
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Out of the 2 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Applied Engineering Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth is located in North Dartmouth, Massachusetts and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 3 ’s applied engineering degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Applied Engineering at University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth
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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%.
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- *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.
