2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Science Major in the Southwest Region
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Degrees Awarded
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Science Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 1,454 people earned their degree in general engineering science, making the major the 342nd most popular in the United States.
Across the Southwest region, there were 173 general engineering science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 16 general engineering science graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,204 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Science Major in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general engineering science. That schools that top this list have a program in general engineering science in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Science Major in the Southwest Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree engineering science students.
Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering Science in the Southwest Region
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Science Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Skysong landed the #1 spot on the list. ASU - Skysong is a public institution located in Scottsdale, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 16 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full ASU - Skysong General Engineering Science Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Methodist University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Science Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Dallas, Texas, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 0 degrees to qualified masters’s engineering science students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Engineering Science at Southern Methodist University
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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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