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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. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Other Engineering-Related Fields Schools” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Other Engineering-Related Fields is the 897th most popular major in the country with 138 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
This year’s “Best Value Other Engineering-Related Fields Schools” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in other engineering-related fields. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great other engineering-related fields programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the other engineering-related fields program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
One Size Does Not Fit All
The other engineering-related fields school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Other Engineering-Related Fields Schools”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for other engineering-related fields students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Clemson University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Best Value Other Engineering-Related Fields Schools list. Clemson University is a large school located in Clemson, South Carolina that handed out 1 ’s other engineering-related fields degrees in 2020-2021.
Clemson did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Other Engineering-Related Fields Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Clemson University is $21,262 for Other Engineering-Related Fields students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national 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-Related Fields at Clemson University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California State University - Chico. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Other Engineering-Related Fields Schools list. California State University - Chico is located in Chico, California and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 12 ’s other engineering-related fields degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Chico State, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Other Engineering-Related Fields Schools” ranking. It costs about $16,218 for other engineering-related fields students per year to attend Chico State.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Other Engineering-Related Fields at Chico State
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Methodist University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Other Engineering-Related Fields Schools list. Southern Methodist University is located in Dallas, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 ’s other engineering-related fields degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at SMU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Other Engineering-Related Fields Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend SMU is $38,208 for Other Engineering-Related Fields students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Other Engineering-Related Fields at Southern Methodist University
Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Other Engineering-Related Fields Schools that were part of this year’s ranking, Art Center College of Design landed the #4 spot on the list. Art Center College of Design is a small school located in Pasadena, California that handed out 68 ’s other engineering-related fields degrees in 2020-2021.
Art Center College of Design also made our “Best Other Engineering-Related Fields Schools” list, coming in at #3. It costs about $46,054 for Other Engineering-Related Fields students per year to attend Art Center College of Design.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Other Engineering-Related Fields at Art Center College of Design
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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
- *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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