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 “Most Well Attended Engineering Science Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s” 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 Southeast region, there were 137 engineering science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 50 engineering science graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,213 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Engineering Science Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in engineering science. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in engineering science.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Engineering Science Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Mississippi. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Science Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s list. Ole Miss is a large public school situated in University, Mississippi. It awarded 24 masters’s engineering science degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Engineering Science Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Orleans landed the #2 spot on the list. New Orleans, Louisiana is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s engineering science degrees to 16 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Science Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s list. This large school is located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and it awarded 7 masters’s engineering science degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.0% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Tennessee - Knoxville. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Science Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s list. This large school is located in Knoxville, Tennessee, and it awarded 3 masters’s engineering science degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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