2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering in the Far Western US Region
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$36,800
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
General Engineering is the 96th most popular major in the country with 8,480 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 418 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 14 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $76,633 and $152,837 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in general engineering. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their general engineering program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Far Western US Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region doctor’s degree engineering students.
Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering in the Far Western US Region
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alaska Fairbanks landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Alaska Fairbanks is a medium-sized public school situated in Fairbanks, Alaska. It awarded 3 doctorate’s engineering degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.7% 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 at University of Alaska Fairbanks
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of California - Berkeley. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Far Western US Region. University of California - Berkeley is located in Berkeley, California and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 11 doctorate’s engineering degrees to qualified students.
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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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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
- *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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