by our College Data Analytics Team
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 “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Massachusetts” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
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 Massachusetts, there were 632 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,764 and $15,089 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 6 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $82,580 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Massachusetts” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered 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.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Massachusetts” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Massachusetts”.
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Massachusetts that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth landed the #1 spot on the list. North Dartmouth, Massachusetts is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s engineering degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northeastern University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Massachusetts list. Located in Boston, Massachusetts, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 2 degrees to qualified doctorate’s engineering students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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