by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Pre-Engineering Major in the New England Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Pre-Engineering is the 284th most popular major in the country with 2,437 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the New England region, there were 69 pre-engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Pre-Engineering Major in the New England Region” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in pre-engineering. To top this list, a school must have a successful pre-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 Pre-Engineering Major in the New England Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Quinsigamond Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Pre-Engineering Major in the New England Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Worcester, Massachusetts, and it awarded 49 ’s pre-engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Massasoit Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Pre-Engineering Major in the New England Region. This medium-sized school is located in Brockton, Massachusetts, and it awarded 14 ’s pre-engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended Pre-Engineering Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Roxbury Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. This small school is located in Roxbury Crossing, Massachusetts, and it awarded 3 ’s pre-engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended Pre-Engineering Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Anselm College landed the #4 spot on the list. Saint Anselm College is a small school located in Manchester, New Hampshire that handed out 2 ’s pre-engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% 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 school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bard College at Simon’s Rock. The school came in at #5 for the Most Well Attended Pre-Engineering Major in the New England Region. This small school is located in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, and it awarded 1 ’s pre-engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Providence College did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Pre-Engineering Major in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #6. Providence, Rhode Island is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s pre-engineering degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.8%, 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 92%.
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