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When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Schools Highly Focused on General Metallurgical Engineering Major in the Plains States Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 179 people earned their degree in general metallurgical engineering, making the major the 831st most popular in the United States.
Across the Plains States region, there were 39 general metallurgical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools Highly Focused on General Metallurgical Engineering Major in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general metallurgical engineering. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in general metallurgical engineering.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region general metallurgical engineering students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on General Metallurgical Engineering Major in the Plains States Region list. SD Mines is a public institution located in Rapid City, South Dakota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 18 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Metallurgical Engineering at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on General Metallurgical Engineering Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Missouri University of Science and Technology landed the #2 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Rolla, Missouri, and it awarded 21 ’s general metallurgical engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Metallurgical Engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology
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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
- *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.
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