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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 Doctorate Highly Focused on General Metallurgical Engineering Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2021-2022, 189 people earned their degree in general metallurgical engineering, making the major the 831st most popular in the United States.
Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 101 general metallurgical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 19 general metallurgical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $80,387 and $113,689 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on General Metallurgical Engineering Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general metallurgical engineering. That schools that top this list have a program in general metallurgical engineering in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on General Metallurgical Engineering Major in the Rocky Mountains Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado School of Mines. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on General Metallurgical Engineering Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in Golden, Colorado, this medium-sized public school awarded 15 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s general metallurgical engineering students in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. 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%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Utah. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on General Metallurgical Engineering Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. Salt Lake City, Utah is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s general metallurgical engineering degrees to 4 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.8% 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 87%.
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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.
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