by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Engineering Major in New Jersey for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this 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 New Jersey, there were 252 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $10,750 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 60 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,237 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Engineering Major in New Jersey for a Master’s” 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.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Well Attended Engineering Major in New Jersey for a Master’s” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for new jersey master’s degree engineering students.
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Engineering Major in New Jersey for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Rowan University landed the #1 spot on the list. Glassboro, New Jersey is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s engineering degrees to 60 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Engineering Major in New Jersey for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Stevens Institute of Technology landed the #2 spot on the list. Hoboken, New Jersey is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s engineering degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 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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