2023 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering 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 “Most Well Attended Engineering Major in the Far Western US Region for a Doctorate” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in general engineering. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in general engineering.

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Most Well Attended Engineering Major in the Far Western US Region for a Doctorate

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

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

1

University of California - Berkeley
Berkeley, California

#3 overall quality in Far Western US

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Engineering Major in the Far Western US Region for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Berkeley landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Berkeley, California, and it awarded 5 doctorate’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.8% 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 96%.

Read more about General Engineering at UC Berkeley

2

University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fairbanks, Alaska

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Engineering Major in the Far Western US Region for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alaska Fairbanks landed the #2 spot on the list. UAF is a public institution located in Fairbanks, Alaska. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Full University of Alaska Fairbanks General Engineering Report

• Most Popular 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.