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

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

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Aerospace Engineering Major in the Plains States Region for a Doctorate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering is the 94th most popular major in the country with 8,001 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, aerospace and aeronautical engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $70,535 and had an average of $24,126 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Plains States region, there were 591 aerospace and aeronautical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $70,086 and $25,428 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 33 aerospace and aeronautical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,829 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Aerospace Engineering Major in the Plains States Region for a Doctorate” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in aerospace and aeronautical engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular aerospace and aeronautical engineering programs in the United States.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region doctor’s degree aerospace engineering students.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Aerospace Engineering Major in the Plains States Region for a Doctorate list. UMN Twin Cities is a large school located in Minneapolis, Minnesota that handed out 14 doctorate’s aerospace engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

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%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Missouri University of Science and Technology. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Aerospace Engineering Major in the Plains States Region for a Doctorate list. Rolla, Missouri is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s aerospace engineering degrees to 8 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

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Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended Aerospace Engineering Major in the Plains States Region for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Iowa State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Ames, Iowa, this large public school handed out 5 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s aerospace engineering students in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering at Iowa State University

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University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Kansas. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Aerospace Engineering Major in the Plains States Region for a Doctorate list. Lawrence, Kansas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s aerospace engineering degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, 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 86%.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wichita State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Aerospace Engineering Major in the Plains States Region for a Doctorate list. WSU is a public institution located in Wichita, Kansas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.

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Washington University in St Louis came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Aerospace Engineering Major in the Plains States Region for a Doctorate ranking. WUSTL is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Louis, Missouri. It awarded 20 doctorate’s aerospace engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 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 1.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

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