by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Well Attended Engineering Major in New Jersey for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
General Engineering is the 96th most popular major in the country with 9,018 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across New Jersey, there were 245 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 10 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,273 and $26,463 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Engineering Major in New Jersey for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general engineering. To top this list, a school must have a successful general engineering program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Engineering Major in New Jersey for a Bachelor’s”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rowan University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Engineering Major in New Jersey for a Bachelor’s. Rowan is a public institution located in Glassboro, New Jersey. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Engineering Major in New Jersey for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, New Jersey Institute of Technology landed the #2 spot on the list. NJIT is located in Newark, New Jersey and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 bachelors’s engineering degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Princeton University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Engineering Major in New Jersey for a Bachelor’s. Princeton is a private not-for-profit institution located in Princeton, New Jersey. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 4 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
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