2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Mississippi for a Doctorate

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Mississippi for a Doctorate” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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

Across Mississippi, there were 149 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 29 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,513 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Mississippi for a Doctorate” ranking analyzed 2 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.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Mississippi for a Doctorate

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Mississippi for a Doctorate”.

Top 2 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering in Mississippi

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Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, Mississippi

#1 overall quality in Mississippi

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Mississippi for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Mississippi State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Mississippi State, Mississippi is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s engineering degrees to 26 students in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Full Mississippi State University General Engineering Report

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Jackson State University
Jackson, Mississippi

#14 overall quality in Mississippi

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Jackson State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Mississippi for a Doctorate list. Jackson, Mississippi is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s engineering degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on General Engineering at Jackson State University

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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

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Rémi Kaupp.