2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering in District of Columbia

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Engineering is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 7th of all the majors we analyze. In 2020-2021, 198,468 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2019-2020, engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $68,653 and had an average of $23,855 in loans still to pay off.

Across District of Columbia, there were 689 engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $82,386 and $26,038 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 34 engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $81,283 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in District of Columbia” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in engineering. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in engineering.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in District of Columbia

The colleges and universities below are the best for district of columbia doctor’s degree engineering students.

Top 4 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering in District of Columbia

1

George Washington University
Washington, District of Columbia

#2 overall quality in District of Columbia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend George Washington University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in District of Columbia list. George Washington University is a large school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 28 doctorate’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% 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%.

Read more about Engineering at George Washington University

2

Catholic University of America
Washington, District of Columbia

#4 overall quality in District of Columbia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Catholic University of America. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in District of Columbia list. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 4 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s engineering students in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Catholic University of America Engineering Report

3

Howard University
Washington, District of Columbia

#6 overall quality in District of Columbia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Howard University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in District of Columbia list. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s engineering students in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%.

Full Howard University Engineering Report

4

University of the District of Columbia
Washington, District of Columbia

#8 overall quality in District of Columbia

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, University of the District of Columbia landed the #4 spot on the list. University of the District of Columbia is a public institution located in Washington, District of Columbia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 47 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Full University of the District of Columbia 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.

Credits

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