2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Mechanics Major in New York for a Doctorate

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Engineering Mechanics Major in New York for a Doctorate” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 272 people earned their degree in engineering mechanics, making the major the 308th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, engineering mechanics graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $64,399 and had an average of $24,558 in loans still to pay off.

Across New York, there were 6 engineering mechanics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 3 engineering mechanics graduates with average earnings and debt of $77,733 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Engineering Mechanics Major in New York for a Doctorate” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in engineering mechanics. To top this list, a school must have a successful engineering mechanics program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

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Most Well Attended Engineering Mechanics Major in New York for a Doctorate

The colleges and universities below are the best for new york doctor’s degree engineering mechanics students.

Top 2 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Mechanics in New York

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Cornell University
Ithaca, New York

#1 overall quality in New York

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cornell University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Mechanics Major in New York for a Doctorate list. Cornell is a large school located in Ithaca, New York that handed out 3 doctorate’s engineering mechanics degrees in 2020-2021.

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. 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.

Full Cornell Engineering Mechanics Report

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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, New York

#6 overall quality in New York

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Engineering Mechanics Major in New York for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute landed the #2 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Troy, New York, and it awarded 0 doctorate’s engineering mechanics degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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Notes and References

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%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *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.

Credits

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