2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Major in New Jersey for a Doctorate

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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 New Jersey, there were 252 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $10,750 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 4 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $78,439 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Engineering Major in New Jersey for a Doctorate” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer 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 New Jersey for a Doctorate

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Engineering Major in New Jersey for a Doctorate”.

Top 2 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering in New Jersey

1

Rowan University
Glassboro, New Jersey

#10 overall quality in New Jersey

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rowan University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Major in New Jersey for a Doctorate list. Located in Glassboro, New Jersey, this fairly large public school handed out 4 degrees to qualified doctorate’s engineering students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.6% 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%.

Read full report on General Engineering at Rowan University

2

Stevens Institute of Technology
Hoboken, New Jersey

#2 overall quality in New Jersey

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stevens Institute of Technology. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Major in New Jersey for a Doctorate list. Located in Hoboken, New Jersey, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 0 degrees to qualified doctorate’s engineering students in 2020-2021.

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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Stevens Institute of Technology General Engineering Report

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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.