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 Utah 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 Utah, there were 78 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 12 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,652 and $24,483 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Utah for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in general engineering. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in general engineering.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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 Utah 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 Utah for a Bachelor’s”.
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Utah for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Utah University landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Cedar City, Utah, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Utah for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Utah landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Utah is a large public school situated in Salt Lake City, Utah. It awarded 6 bachelors’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% 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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