2023 Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering in Vermont

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Vermont for a Bachelor’s” ranking.

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 Vermont, there were 346 engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,871 and $23,848 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 277 engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,418 and $24,482 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Vermont for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular engineering programs in the United States.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Vermont for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Vermont for a Bachelor’s”.

Top 4 Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering in Vermont

1

University of Vermont
Burlington, Vermont

#3 overall quality in Vermont

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Vermont. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Vermont for a Bachelor’s list. University of Vermont is a public institution located in Burlington, Vermont. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 202 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full UVM Engineering Report

2

Norwich University
Northfield, Vermont

#4 overall quality in Vermont

Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Vermont for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Norwich University landed the #2 spot on the list. Norwich is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Northfield, Vermont. It awarded 65 bachelors’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Engineering at Norwich

3

Vermont Technical College
Randolph, Vermont

#9 overall quality in Vermont

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Vermont Technical College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Vermont for a Bachelor’s list. Vermont Technical College is a small public school situated in Randolph, Vermont. It awarded 8 bachelors’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read more about Engineering at Vermont Tech

4

Saint Michael's College
Colchester, Vermont

#6 overall quality in Vermont

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Saint Michael’s College. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Vermont for a Bachelor’s. Colchester, Vermont is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s engineering degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Saint Michael’s College 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

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Petty Officer 3rd Class Declan Barnes.