2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering in Connecticut

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Connecticut” ranking - to help you make that decision.

With 198,468 degrees handed out in 2020-2021, engineering is the 7th most popular major in the United States. 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 Connecticut, there were 2,165 engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $70,020 and $25,116 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 117 engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $77,452 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Connecticut” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in engineering. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their engineering program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Connecticut

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

Top 3 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering in Connecticut

1

Yale University
New Haven, Connecticut

#1 overall quality in Connecticut

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Connecticut that were part of this year’s ranking, Yale University landed the #1 spot on the list. Yale University is located in New Haven, Connecticut and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 42 doctorate’s engineering degrees to qualified students.

The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 4 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Engineering at Yale

2

University of Connecticut
Storrs, Connecticut

#4 overall quality in Connecticut

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Connecticut that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Connecticut landed the #2 spot on the list. UCONN is a large public school situated in Storrs, Connecticut. It awarded 71 doctorate’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full UCONN Engineering Report

3

University of Bridgeport
Bridgeport, Connecticut

#15 overall quality in Connecticut

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Connecticut that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Bridgeport landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Bridgeport is located in Bridgeport, Connecticut and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 doctorate’s engineering degrees to qualified students.

Read full report on Engineering at University of Bridgeport

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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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