by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Water Resources Engineering Major” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Water Resources Engineering is the 1072nd most popular major in the country with 71 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 2 water resources engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,682 and $26,217 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Water Resources Engineering Major” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in water resources engineering. That schools that top this list have a program in water resources engineering in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Water Resources Engineering Major” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Water Resources Engineering Major”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Central State University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Water Resources Engineering Major. This medium-sized school is located in Wilberforce, Ohio, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s water resources engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Water Resources Engineering at Central State University
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Water Resources Engineering Major that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern California landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Southern California is a large school located in Los Angeles, California that handed out 3 bachelors’s water resources engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on Water Resources Engineering at University of Southern California
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