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 for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Science Major in West Virginia” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2021-2022, 1,422 people earned their degree in general engineering science, making the major the 342nd most popular in the United States.
Across West Virginia, there were 4 general engineering science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 4 general engineering science graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,695 and $24,033 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Science Major in West Virginia” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in general engineering science. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in general engineering science.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Science Major in West Virginia” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for west virginia bachelor’s degree engineering science students.
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Science Major in West Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Shepherd University landed the #1 spot on the list. Shepherd University is a small public school situated in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. It awarded 1 bachelors’s engineering science degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wheeling University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Science Major in West Virginia list. Wheeling University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Wheeling, West Virginia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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