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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. 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 Engineering-Related Fields Major for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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.
At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 4,053 engineering-related fields graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,425 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Engineering-Related Fields Major for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 149 colleges that offered a degree in engineering-related fields. To top this list, a school must have a successful engineering-related fields program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Well Attended Engineering-Related Fields Major for a Master’s” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree engineering-related fields students.
Out of the 149 schools in the Most Well Attended Engineering-Related Fields Major for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, New York University landed the #1 spot on the list. New York, New York is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s engineering-related fields degrees to 210 students in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arkansas. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering-Related Fields Major for a Master’s list. UARK is located in Fayetteville, Arkansas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 180 masters’s engineering-related fields degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.1% 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%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Duke University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering-Related Fields Major for a Master’s list. This fairly large school is located in Durham, North Carolina, and it awarded 130 masters’s engineering-related fields degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Florida International University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering-Related Fields Major for a Master’s list. Located in Miami, Florida, this large public school handed out 124 degrees to qualified masters’s engineering-related fields students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Jersey Institute of Technology. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering-Related Fields Major for a Master’s list. This fairly large school is located in Newark, New Jersey, and it awarded 109 masters’s engineering-related fields degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.0% 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%.
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Stanford University ranked #6 on this year’s Most Well Attended Engineering-Related Fields Major for a Master’s list. Stanford is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Stanford, California. It awarded 103 masters’s engineering-related fields degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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. 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%.
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With a ranking of #7, Stevens Institute of Technology did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering-Related Fields Major for a Master’s list. Stevens Institute of Technology is located in Hoboken, New Jersey and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 95 masters’s engineering-related fields degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% 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%.
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Tufts University ranked #8 on this year’s Most Well Attended Engineering-Related Fields Major for a Master’s list. Tufts is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Medford, Massachusetts. It awarded 91 masters’s engineering-related fields degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. 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%.
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George Washington University landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering-Related Fields Major for a Master’s ranking. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 89 diplomas to qualified masters’s engineering-related fields students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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With a ranking of #9, Clarkson University did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering-Related Fields Major for a Master’s list. Clarkson University is a small school located in Potsdam, New York that handed out 89 masters’s engineering-related fields degrees in 2020-2021.
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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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Missouri University of Science and Technology came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Engineering-Related Fields Major for a Master’s ranking. Rolla, Missouri is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s engineering-related fields degrees to 88 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.7% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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With a ranking of #12, Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering-Related Fields Major for a Master’s list. Hato Rey, is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s engineering-related fields degrees to 82 students in 2020-2021.
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San Jose State University did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering-Related Fields Major for a Master’s ranking, coming in at #13. San Jose, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s engineering-related fields degrees to 80 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Ohio University - Athens Campus came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Engineering-Related Fields Major for a Master’s ranking. Ohio University - Athens Campus is a public institution located in Athens, Ohio. The school has a large population, and it awarded 70 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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Arkansas State University - Main Campus came in at #15 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Engineering-Related Fields Major for a Master’s ranking. Arkansas State University - Main Campus is a fairly large public school situated in Jonesboro, Arkansas. It awarded 64 masters’s engineering-related fields degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.3% 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%.
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With a ranking of #16, California State University - Northridge did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering-Related Fields Major for a Master’s list. Located in Northridge, California, this large public school handed out 63 diplomas to qualified masters’s engineering-related fields students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering-Related Fields Major for a Master’s ranking, coming in at #17. UIUC is located in Champaign, Illinois and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 62 masters’s engineering-related fields degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.
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Johns Hopkins University did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering-Related Fields Major for a Master’s ranking, coming in at #18. Located in Baltimore, Maryland, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 59 degrees to qualified masters’s engineering-related fields students in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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University of Louisville came in at #19 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Engineering-Related Fields Major for a Master’s ranking. University of Louisville is a large school located in Louisville, Kentucky that handed out 58 masters’s engineering-related fields degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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With a ranking of #19, Colorado School of Mines did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering-Related Fields Major for a Master’s list. Colorado School of Mines is a medium-sized school located in Golden, Colorado that handed out 58 masters’s engineering-related fields degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #21 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering-Related Fields Major for a Master’s ranking. This large school is located in College Station, Texas, and it awarded 53 masters’s engineering-related fields degrees 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 school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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With a ranking of #21, Carnegie Mellon University did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering-Related Fields Major for a Master’s list. Located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 53 degrees to qualified masters’s engineering-related fields students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% 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%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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University of Michigan - Dearborn landed the #23 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering-Related Fields Major for a Master’s ranking. UM Dearborn is a medium-sized public school situated in Dearborn, Michigan. It awarded 50 masters’s engineering-related fields degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Michigan - Dearborn Engineering-Related Fields Report
Southern Methodist University did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering-Related Fields Major for a Master’s ranking, coming in at #24. SMU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Dallas, Texas. It awarded 49 masters’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 90%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.1% 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%.
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Oakland University did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering-Related Fields Major for a Master’s ranking, coming in at #25. Oakland is located in Rochester Hills, Michigan and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 48 masters’s engineering-related fields degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.6% 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%.
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