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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 Metallurgical Engineering Major in the Plains States Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Metallurgical Engineering is the 319th most popular major in the country with 189 degrees awarded in 2021-2022. In , metallurgical engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $67,658 and had an average of $25,184 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Plains States region, there were 28 metallurgical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,706 and $27,250 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 2 metallurgical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $76,238 and $112,293 respectively.
This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in metallurgical engineering.
Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Metallurgical Engineering Major in the Plains States Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Metallurgical Engineering Major in the Plains States Region”.
Out of the 1 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Metallurgical Engineering Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Missouri University of Science and Technology landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Rolla, Missouri, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s metallurgical engineering degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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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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