by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Well Attended Surveying Engineering Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.
Surveying Engineering is the 351st most popular major in the country with 73 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, surveying engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $56,146 and had an average of $27,000 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 12 surveying engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,062 and $25,000 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Surveying Engineering Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in surveying engineering. To top this list, a school must have a successful surveying engineering program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region surveying engineering students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ferris State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Surveying Engineering Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Big Rapids, Michigan is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s surveying engineering degrees to 10 students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Surveying Engineering at Ferris State University
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Surveying Engineering Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Michigan Technological University landed the #2 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Houghton, Michigan, and it awarded 2 ’s surveying engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.9% 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%.
Read full report on Surveying Engineering at Michigan Technological University
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