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With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Master’s Highly Focused on General Metallurgical Engineering Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
General Metallurgical Engineering is the 831st most popular major in the country with 189 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 101 general metallurgical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 24 general metallurgical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,612 and $39,317 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Metallurgical Engineering Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general metallurgical engineering. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their general metallurgical engineering program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s 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 Master’s Highly Focused on General Metallurgical Engineering Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Colorado School of Mines is a medium-sized public school situated in Golden, Colorado. It awarded 19 masters’s general metallurgical engineering degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate 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%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Montana Technological University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Metallurgical Engineering Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. Located in Butte, Montana, this small public school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified masters’s general metallurgical engineering students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Metallurgical Engineering at Montana Tech
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Metallurgical Engineering Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Utah landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Utah is located in Salt Lake City, Utah and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 4 masters’s general metallurgical engineering degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.8%, 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 87%.
Full University of Utah General Metallurgical Engineering Report
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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%.
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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