by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Oregon” 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 Oregon, there were 49 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,179 and $27,000 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Oregon” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer 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.
Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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 Oregon” 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 Oregon”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Clackamas Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Oregon. Clackamas Community College is a medium-sized school located in Oregon City, Oregon that handed out 16 ’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General Engineering at Clackamas Community College
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Linn-Benton Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Oregon. Albany, Oregon is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s engineering degrees to 15 students in 2020-2021.
Full Linn-Benton Community College General Engineering Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oregon Institute of Technology. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Oregon list. Oregon Institute of Technology is a public institution located in Klamath Falls, Oregon. The school has a small population, and it awarded 13 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Engineering at Oregon Institute of Technology
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mt. Hood Community College. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Oregon. This medium-sized school is located in Gresham, Oregon, and it awarded 2 ’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General Engineering at Mt. Hood Community College
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Portland. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Oregon list. This small school is located in Portland, Oregon, and it awarded 2 ’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about General Engineering at University of Portland
Southwestern Oregon Community College landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Oregon ranking. SWOCC is located in Coos Bay, Oregon and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 ’s engineering degrees to qualified students.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Full Southwestern Oregon Community College General Engineering Report
With a ranking of #7, George Fox University did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Oregon list. Located in Newberg, Oregon, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 0 diplomas to qualified ’s engineering students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
