2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering Mechanics in the Middle Atlantic Region
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When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Master’s Highly Focused on General Engineering Mechanics Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
General Engineering Mechanics is the 743rd most popular major in the country with 272 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 11 general engineering mechanics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 4 general engineering mechanics graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,572 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Engineering Mechanics Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general engineering mechanics. That schools that top this list have a program in general engineering mechanics in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Engineering Mechanics Major in the Middle Atlantic Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region master’s degree general engineering mechanics students.
Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering Mechanics in the Middle Atlantic Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cornell University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Engineering Mechanics Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Cornell is a private not-for-profit institution located in Ithaca, New York. The school has a large population, and it awarded 3 masters’s 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 undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 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 96%.
Full Cornell University General Engineering Mechanics Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Carnegie Mellon University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Engineering Mechanics Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. This fairly large school is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 1 masters’s general engineering mechanics 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 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
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References
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
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- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.
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