by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Alaska” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
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 Alaska, there were 4 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Alaska” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in general engineering. To top this list, a school must have a successful general engineering program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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 Alaska” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. We encourage you to try it out and pit your favorite colleges and universities head to head! If you don’t have time right now, you can bookmark it for later.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Alaska”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Alaska Fairbanks. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Alaska list. UAF is located in Fairbanks, Alaska and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 ’s engineering degrees to qualified students.
Full University of Alaska Fairbanks General Engineering Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Alaska Anchorage. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Alaska list. Located in Anchorage, Alaska, this fairly large public school awarded 1 degrees to qualified ’s engineering students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.4% 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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