2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Ohio for a Doctorate

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Ohio for a Doctorate” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Ohio, there were 326 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $94,330 and $10,526 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 21 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $67,351 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Ohio for a Doctorate” ranking analyzed 4 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 Ohio for a Doctorate

The colleges and universities below are the best for ohio doctor’s degree engineering students.

Top 4 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering in Ohio

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Wright State University - Main Campus
Dayton, Ohio

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wright State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Ohio for a Doctorate. Wright State University - Main Campus is a fairly large school located in Dayton, Ohio that handed out 12 doctorate’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

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Cleveland State University
Cleveland, Ohio

Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Ohio for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Cleveland State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Cleveland, Ohio is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s engineering degrees to 8 students in 2020-2021.

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Ohio State University - Main Campus
Columbus, Ohio

#2 overall quality in Ohio

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ohio State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Ohio for a Doctorate. Ohio State University - Main Campus is a public institution located in Columbus, Ohio. The school has a large population, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.6% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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University of Akron Main Campus
Akron, Ohio

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Akron Main Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Ohio for a Doctorate list. University of Akron Main Campus is a fairly large school located in Akron, Ohio that handed out 9 doctorate’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on General Engineering at University of Akron Main Campus

• Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering in the Great Lakes Region
• 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.