by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in New Jersey” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2021-2022, 8,480 people earned their degree in general engineering, making the major the 96th most popular in the United States.
Across New Jersey, there were 225 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $78,439 and $107,770 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in New Jersey” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer 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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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in New Jersey” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in New Jersey”.
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in New Jersey that were part of this year’s ranking, Rowan University landed the #1 spot on the list. Rowan University is a fairly large school located in Glassboro, New Jersey that handed out 5 doctorate’s engineering degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in New Jersey that were part of this year’s ranking, Stevens Institute of Technology landed the #2 spot on the list. Stevens Institute of Technology is a medium-sized school located in Hoboken, New Jersey that handed out 0 doctorate’s engineering degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.4% 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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