by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Utah” ranking.
General Engineering is the 79th most popular major in the country with 11,796 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 Utah, there were 102 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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Utah” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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 Utah”.
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Utah 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 school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Utah that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Utah landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Utah is a public institution located in Salt Lake City, Utah. The school has a large population, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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