2023 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering in Washington

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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 Washington, there were 3,545 engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,364 and $21,357 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 175 engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,201 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Washington for a Doctorate” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in engineering. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in engineering.

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Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Washington for a Doctorate

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

Top 2 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering in Washington

1

University of Washington - Seattle Campus
Seattle, Washington

#1 overall quality in Washington

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Washington for a Doctorate. Located in Seattle, Washington, this large public school handed out 111 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s engineering students in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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Washington State University
Pullman, Washington

#3 overall quality in Washington

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Washington for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Washington State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Washington State University is a large public school situated in Pullman, Washington. It awarded 64 doctorate’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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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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