2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Far Western US Region

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In 2020-2021, 9,018 people earned their degree in general engineering, making the major the 96th most popular in the United States.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 561 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 32 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,803 and $17,868 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general engineering. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in general engineering.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Far Western US Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region associate degree engineering students.

Top 3 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for General Engineering in the Far Western US Region

1

Clackamas Community College
Oregon City, Oregon

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Clackamas Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Far Western US Region list. Clackamas Community College is a public institution located in Oregon City, Oregon. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 16 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about General Engineering at Clackamas Community College

2

Linn-Benton Community College
Albany, Oregon

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Linn-Benton Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Far Western US Region. Linn-Benton Community College is located in Albany, Oregon and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 15 associates’s engineering degrees to qualified students.

Full Linn-Benton Community College General Engineering Report

3

Pacific Union College
Angwin, California

Top 10% overall quality in Far Western US

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Pacific Union College landed the #3 spot on the list. Pacific Union College is located in Angwin, California and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 associates’s engineering degrees to qualified students.

Read full report on General Engineering at PUC

• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for General Engineering

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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