by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Other Engineering Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Other Engineering is the 177th most popular major in the country with 2,760 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, other engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $75,713 and had an average of $25,106 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Plains States region, there were 188 other engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,649 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 1 other engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,046 and $29,021 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Other Engineering Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in other engineering. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in other engineering.
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The other engineering school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Well Attended Other Engineering Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Other Engineering Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Park University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Other Engineering Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Parkville, Missouri, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s other engineering students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Other Engineering Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s. This large school is located in Lincoln, Nebraska, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s other engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.2% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Washington University in St Louis. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Other Engineering Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s. Saint Louis, Missouri is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s other engineering degrees to 51 students in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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