2023 Most Well Attended General Systems Engineering Major in the Plains States Region for a Doctorate

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended General Systems Engineering Major in the Plains States Region for a Doctorate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

General Systems Engineering is the 209th most popular major in the country with 3,904 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Plains States region, there were 162 general systems engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 general systems engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,829 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended General Systems Engineering Major in the Plains States Region for a Doctorate” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general systems engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular general systems engineering programs in the United States.

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Most Well Attended General Systems Engineering Major in the Plains States Region for a Doctorate

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended General Systems Engineering Major in the Plains States Region for a Doctorate”.

Top 2 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Systems Engineering in the Plains States Region

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Missouri University of Science and Technology
Rolla, Missouri

#13 overall quality in Plains States

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Missouri University of Science and Technology. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended General Systems Engineering Major in the Plains States Region for a Doctorate. Missouri University of Science and Technology is located in Rolla, Missouri and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 doctorate’s general systems engineering degrees to qualified students.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read more about General Systems Engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology

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Washington University in St Louis
Saint Louis, Missouri

#1 overall quality in Plains States

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Washington University in St Louis. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended General Systems Engineering Major in the Plains States Region for a Doctorate. Located in Saint Louis, Missouri, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 1 degrees to qualified doctorate’s general systems engineering students in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.1% 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%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Full Washington University in St Louis General Systems Engineering Report

• Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Systems Engineering

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

Footnotes

• *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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