by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools Highly Focused on Civil Eng Major in Kansas” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Civil Engineering is the 50th most popular major in the country with 21,388 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, civil engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $63,364 and had an average of $24,364 in loans still to pay off.
Across Kansas, there were 150 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,292 and $25,938 respectively.
This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Civil Eng Major in Kansas” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in civil engineering. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in civil engineering.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools Highly Focused on Civil Eng Major in Kansas”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Benedictine College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Civil Eng Major in Kansas list. Benedictine College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Atchison, Kansas. It awarded 7 ’s civil eng degrees in 2020-2021.
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%.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Civil Eng Major in Kansas that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Kansas landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Kansas is a large school located in Lawrence, Kansas that handed out 79 ’s civil eng degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Civil Eng Major in Kansas that were part of this year’s ranking, Kansas State University landed the #3 spot on the list. K -State is a large school located in Manhattan, Kansas that handed out 64 ’s civil eng degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.
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