2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Far Western US Region

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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 the Far Western US region, there were 1,478 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,923 and $19,630 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 8 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,423 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in general engineering. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their general engineering program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Far Western US Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region doctor’s degree engineering students.

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering in the Far Western US Region

1

University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fairbanks, Alaska

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alaska Fairbanks landed the #1 spot on the list. Fairbanks, Alaska 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 University of Alaska Fairbanks

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University of California - Berkeley
Berkeley, California

#3 overall quality in Far Western US

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Berkeley landed the #2 spot on the list. Berkeley, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s engineering degrees to 5 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 96%.

Full UC Berkeley General Engineering Report

• Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering

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.