2023 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Metallurgical Engineering in the Far Western US Region

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Metallurgical Engineering is the 319th most popular major in the country with 179 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, metallurgical engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $67,658 and had an average of $21,462 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 3 metallurgical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 1 metallurgical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,693 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Metallurgical Engineering Major in the Far Western US Region for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in metallurgical engineering. To top this list, a school must have a successful metallurgical 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.

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Most Well Attended Metallurgical Engineering Major in the Far Western US Region for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Metallurgical Engineering Major in the Far Western US Region for a Master’s”.

Top 2 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Metallurgical Engineering in the Far Western US Region

1

University of Nevada - Reno
Reno, Nevada

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nevada - Reno. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Metallurgical Engineering Major in the Far Western US Region for a Master’s list. UNR is a public institution located in Reno, Nevada. The school has a large population, and it awarded 1 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Metallurgical Engineering at University of Nevada - Reno

2

University of Washington - Seattle Campus
Seattle, Washington

#11 overall quality in Far Western US

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Metallurgical Engineering Major in the Far Western US Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Washington - Seattle Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Washington - Seattle Campus is located in Seattle, Washington and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 masters’s metallurgical engineering degrees to qualified students.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Full University of Washington - Seattle Campus Metallurgical 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.

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