by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Indiana” ranking - to help you make that decision.
General Engineering is the 96th most popular major in the country with 9,018 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Indiana, there were 231 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 144 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,681 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Indiana” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in general engineering. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their general engineering program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for indiana master’s degree engineering students.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Indiana that were part of this year’s ranking, Purdue University Fort Wayne landed the #1 spot on the list. PFW is a public institution located in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 22 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Purdue University - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Indiana. Purdue is a public institution located in West Lafayette, Indiana. The school has a large population, and it awarded 96 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Purdue University Northwest. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Indiana. Purdue Northwest is a medium-sized school located in Hammond, Indiana that handed out 5 masters’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Indiana University - Bloomington. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Indiana list. IU Bloomington is a public institution located in Bloomington, Indiana. The school has a large population, and it awarded 21 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.4% 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%.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Indiana that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Notre Dame landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Notre Dame, Indiana, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 0 degrees to qualified masters’s engineering students in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% 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%.
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