2023 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Other Engineering in the Far Western US Region
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Ranked Colleges
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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 “Most Well Attended Other Engineering Major in the Far Western US Region for a Doctorate” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 2,760 people earned their degree in other engineering, making the major the 252nd most popular in the United States.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 471 other engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 39 other engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,423 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Other Engineering Major in the Far Western US Region for a Doctorate” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in other engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular other engineering programs in the United States.
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Most Well Attended Other Engineering Major in the Far Western US Region for a Doctorate
The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region doctor’s degree other engineering students.
Top 3 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Other Engineering in the Far Western US Region
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Other Engineering Major in the Far Western US Region for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - San Diego landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in La Jolla, California, this large public school awarded 22 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s other engineering students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read more about Other Engineering at University of California - San Diego
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stanford University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Other Engineering Major in the Far Western US Region for a Doctorate list. Located in Stanford, California, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 15 degrees to qualified doctorate’s other engineering students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 4 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Read more about Other Engineering at Stanford University
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Other Engineering Major in the Far Western US Region for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, San Diego State University landed the #3 spot on the list. San Diego State University is a large school located in San Diego, California that handed out 2 doctorate’s other engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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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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