by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Science Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking.
Engineering Science is the 205th most popular major in the country with 1,454 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, engineering science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $76,473 and had an average of $22,601 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 21 engineering science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 engineering science graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,089 and $26,296 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Science Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in engineering science. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their engineering science program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The engineering science school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Science Major in the Rocky Mountains Region”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Science Major in the Rocky Mountains Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Carroll College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Science Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. This small school is located in Helena, Montana, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s engineering science degrees in 2020-2021.
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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Science Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Colorado State is located in Fort Collins, Colorado and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 bachelors’s engineering science degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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