2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for General Mechanical Engineering in District of Columbia

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In 2021-2022, 44,794 people earned their degree in general mechanical engineering, making the major the 14th most popular in the United States.

Across District of Columbia, there were 159 general mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 27 general mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,686 and $62,807 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Mechanical Engineering Major in District of Columbia” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in general mechanical engineering. That schools that top this list have a program in general mechanical engineering in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Mechanical Engineering Major in District of Columbia

The colleges and universities below are the best for district of columbia master’s degree general mechanical engineering students.

Top 4 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for General Mechanical Engineering in District of Columbia

1

Catholic University of America
Washington, District of Columbia

#4 overall quality in District of Columbia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Catholic University of America. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Mechanical Engineering Major in District of Columbia list. CUA is a small school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 8 masters’s general mechanical engineering degrees in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%.

Full Catholic University of America General Mechanical Engineering Report

2

University of the District of Columbia
Washington, District of Columbia

#8 overall quality in District of Columbia

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Mechanical Engineering Major in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, University of the District of Columbia landed the #2 spot on the list. University of the District of Columbia is a small public school situated in Washington, District of Columbia. It awarded 3 masters’s general mechanical engineering degrees in 2021-2022.

The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full University of the District of Columbia General Mechanical Engineering Report

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George Washington University
Washington, District of Columbia

#2 overall quality in District of Columbia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend George Washington University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Mechanical Engineering Major in District of Columbia list. George Washington University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Washington, District of Columbia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 14 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%.

Full GWU General Mechanical Engineering Report

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Howard University
Washington, District of Columbia

#6 overall quality in District of Columbia

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Mechanical Engineering Major in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, Howard University landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified masters’s general mechanical engineering students in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about General Mechanical Engineering at Howard

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

Footnotes

• *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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Michel Villeneuve.