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. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Illinois for a Doctorate” ranking - to help you make that 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 Illinois, there were 427 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $69,796 and $27,000 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 7 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $81,698 and $0 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in general engineering.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Illinois for a Doctorate” 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 “Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Illinois for a Doctorate”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Illinois for a Doctorate. Southern Illinois University Carbondale is a fairly large school located in Carbondale, Illinois that handed out 7 doctorate’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General Engineering at Southern Illinois University Carbondale
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