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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Ohio” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 11,796 people earned their degree in general engineering, making the major the 79th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, general engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $68,873 and had an average of $20,557 in loans still to pay off.
Across Ohio, there were 326 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $94,330 and $10,526 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 85 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,341 and $26,852 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Ohio” ranking, we looked at 13 colleges that offer a degree in general engineering. That schools that top this list have a program in general engineering in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Ohio”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Muskingum University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Ohio. Located in New Concord, Ohio, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 7 degrees to qualified bachelors’s engineering students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 13 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Ohio that were part of this year’s ranking, Ohio University - Athens Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. Ohio University - Athens Campus is a large school located in Athens, Ohio that handed out 65 bachelors’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Miami University - Oxford. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Ohio. Miami University - Oxford is a public institution located in Oxford, Ohio. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.0% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Case Western Reserve University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Ohio list. Located in Cleveland, Ohio, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s engineering students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% 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%.
Out of the 13 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Ohio that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Akron Main Campus landed the #5 spot on the list. University of Akron Main Campus is a fairly large public school situated in Akron, Ohio. It awarded 9 bachelors’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wright State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Ohio. Located in Dayton, Ohio, this fairly large public school handed out 12 degrees to qualified bachelors’s engineering students in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 13 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Ohio that were part of this year’s ranking, Ohio University - Southern Campus landed the #5 spot on the list. OHIO Southern is a public institution located in Ironton, Ohio. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 13 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Ohio that were part of this year’s ranking, Ohio University - Lancaster Campus landed the #5 spot on the list. Ohio University - Lancaster Campus is a public institution located in Lancaster, Ohio. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Baldwin Wallace University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Ohio. Baldwin Wallace College is located in Berea, Ohio and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s engineering degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 13 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Ohio that were part of this year’s ranking, Ohio University - Zanesville Campus landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Zanesville, Ohio, this small public school awarded 0 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s engineering students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Youngstown State University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Ohio. Youngstown, Ohio is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s engineering degrees to 7 students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ohio University - Eastern Campus. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Ohio. OHIO Eastern is a small public school situated in Saint Clairsville, Ohio. It awarded 0 bachelors’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ohio University - Chillicothe Campus. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Ohio list. Located in Chillicothe, Ohio, this small public school handed out 0 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s engineering students in 2020-2021.
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