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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools Highly Focused on Engineering-Related Fields Major in District of Columbia” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 6,736 people earned their degree in engineering-related fields, making the major the 112th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, engineering-related fields graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $77,404 and had an average of $26,200 in loans still to pay off.
Across District of Columbia, there were 180 engineering-related fields graduates with average earnings and debt of $120,284 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Engineering-Related Fields Major in District of Columbia” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in engineering-related fields. That schools that top this list have a program in engineering-related fields in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools Highly Focused on Engineering-Related Fields Major in District of Columbia”.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Engineering-Related Fields Major in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, Catholic University of America landed the #1 spot on the list. CUA is a medium-sized school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 26 ’s engineering-related fields 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 2.4% 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%.
Full Catholic University of America Engineering-Related Fields Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend George Washington University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Engineering-Related Fields Major in District of Columbia list. GWU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Washington, District of Columbia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 147 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Out of the 3 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Engineering-Related Fields Major in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgetown University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 7 degrees to qualified ’s engineering-related fields students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Engineering-Related Fields at Georgetown
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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%.
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- *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.