2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering in District of Columbia
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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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in District of Columbia” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2021-2022, 11,534 people earned their degree in general engineering, making the major the 79th most popular in the United States. In , general engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $68,578 and had an average of $22,777 in loans still to pay off.
Across District of Columbia, there were 1 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 1 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,578 and $24,158 respectively.
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 Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in District of Columbia
The colleges and universities below are the best for district of columbia bachelor’s degree engineering students.
Top 1 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering in District of Columbia
Out of the 1 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, George Washington University landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Washington, District of Columbia, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s engineering degrees in 2021-2022.
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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%.
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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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