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 has developed its “Schools Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Vermont” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
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 Vermont, there were 11 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Vermont” ranking looked at 3 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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Vermont” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Vermont”.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Vermont that were part of this year’s ranking, Norwich University landed the #1 spot on the list. Norwich University is a small school located in Northfield, Vermont that handed out 6 ’s 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%.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Vermont that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Michael’s College landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Colchester, Vermont, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified ’s engineering students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Vermont. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Vermont list. Burlington, Vermont is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s engineering degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% 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%.
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