by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Engineering Major in New York for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 9,018 people earned their degree in general engineering, making the major the 96th most popular in the United States.
Across New York, there were 591 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 62 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,555 and $23,635 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Engineering Major in New York for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 9 colleges that offered a degree 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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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Well Attended Engineering Major in New York for a Bachelor’s” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Engineering Major in New York for a Bachelor’s”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend College of Staten Island CUNY. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Major in New York for a Bachelor’s list. Staten Island, New York is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s engineering degrees to 23 students in 2020-2021.
Full College of Staten Island CUNY General Engineering Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Stony Brook University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Engineering Major in New York for a Bachelor’s. Stony Brook, New York is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s engineering degrees to 14 students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about General Engineering at Stony Brook University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Cornell University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Engineering Major in New York for a Bachelor’s. Cornell is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Ithaca, New York. It awarded 13 bachelors’s engineering degrees 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. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, 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 96%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend SUNY Polytechnic Institute. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Major in New York for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Utica, New York, this small public school awarded 7 degrees to qualified bachelors’s engineering students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Major in New York for a Bachelor’s list. Cooper Union is a small private not-for-profit school situated in New York, New York. It awarded 3 bachelors’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
University of Rochester did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Major in New York for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #6. This fairly large school is located in Rochester, New York, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. 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 full report on General Engineering at University of Rochester
The Graduate Center, CUNY ranked #7 on this year’s Most Well Attended Engineering Major in New York for a Bachelor’s list. Located in New York, New York, this medium-sized public school handed out 0 degrees to qualified bachelors’s engineering students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.9% 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%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
University at Buffalo came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Engineering Major in New York for a Bachelor’s ranking. Located in Buffalo, New York, this large public school handed out 116 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s engineering students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.8%, 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 87%.
University at Albany landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Major in New York for a Bachelor’s ranking. University at Albany is a public institution located in Albany, New York. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.4% 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%.
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