2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Science Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s
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Ranked Colleges
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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 “Most Well Attended Engineering Science Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s” 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 “Most Well Attended Engineering Science Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general engineering science. To top this list, a school must have a successful general engineering science program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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Most Well Attended Engineering Science Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree engineering science students.
Top 2 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering Science in the Southwest Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arizona State University - Skysong. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Engineering Science Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s. Located in Scottsdale, Arizona, this large public school awarded 16 diplomas to qualified masters’s engineering science students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.5% 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 General Engineering Science at ASU - Skysong
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Engineering Science Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Methodist University landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Dallas, Texas, and it awarded 0 masters’s engineering science degrees in 2020-2021.
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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full SMU General Engineering Science Report
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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
- *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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