2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Science in the Far Western US Region

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In 2020-2021, 1,454 people earned their degree in engineering science, making the major the 205th most popular in the United States. 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 Far Western US region, there were 80 engineering science graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,382 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 engineering science graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,423 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Science Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in engineering science. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in engineering science.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Science Major in the Far Western US Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region doctor’s degree engineering science students.

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Science in the Far Western US Region

1

Washington State University
Pullman, Washington

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Washington State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Science Major in the Far Western US Region list. Pullman, Washington is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s engineering science degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Engineering Science at Washington State University

2

University of California - San Diego
La Jolla, California

#16 overall quality in Far Western US

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - San Diego. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Science Major in the Far Western US Region list. University of California - San Diego is a public institution located in La Jolla, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.0% 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 Engineering Science at University of California - San Diego

• Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Science

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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