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2023 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Energy Systems Engineering

5 Ranked Colleges
51 Degrees Awarded
$36,100 Avg Cost*
Most Well Attended Energy Systems Engineering Major for a Master's

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 “Most Well Attended Energy Systems Engineering Major for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Energy Systems Engineering is the 336th most popular major in the country with 138 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 51 energy systems engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,425 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Energy Systems Engineering Major for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in energy systems engineering. To top this list, a school must have a successful energy systems engineering program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

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The energy systems engineering school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Well Attended Energy Systems Engineering Major for a Master’s”.

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Most Well Attended Energy Systems Engineering Major for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree energy systems engineering students.

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Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended Energy Systems Engineering Major for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and it awarded 23 masters’s energy systems engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%. 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%.

Full U-M Energy Systems Engineering Report

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Villanova University
Villanova, Pennsylvania

Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended Energy Systems Engineering Major for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Villanova University landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Villanova, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 16 masters’s energy systems engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Energy Systems Engineering at Villanova University

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Dayton. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Energy Systems Engineering Major for a Master’s. University of Dayton is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Dayton, Ohio. It awarded 12 masters’s energy systems engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.4% 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%.

Read more about Energy Systems Engineering at UDayton

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Tempe. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Energy Systems Engineering Major for a Master’s list. ASU - Tempe is a large school located in Tempe, Arizona that handed out 0 masters’s energy systems engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Energy Systems Engineering at ASU - Tempe

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Iowa State University. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended Energy Systems Engineering Major for a Master’s. Iowa State is a large school located in Ames, Iowa that handed out 0 masters’s energy systems engineering 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 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%.

Full Iowa State Energy Systems Engineering Report

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