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

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Utah for a Doctorate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 Utah, there were 2,188 engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,849 and $15,933 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 116 engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,681 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Utah for a Doctorate” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in engineering. To top this list, a school must have a successful engineering program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The 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 Engineering Major in Utah for a Doctorate”.

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Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Utah for a Doctorate

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Utah for a Doctorate”.

Top 3 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering in Utah

1

University of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah

#3 overall quality in Utah

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Utah. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Utah for a Doctorate. University of Utah is a large school located in Salt Lake City, Utah that handed out 81 doctorate’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Utah Engineering Report

2

Utah State University
Logan, Utah

#5 overall quality in Utah

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Utah State University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Utah for a Doctorate. Logan, Utah is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s engineering degrees to 20 students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Engineering at Utah State University

3

Brigham Young University - Provo
Provo, Utah

#1 overall quality in Utah

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Utah for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Brigham Young University - Provo landed the #3 spot on the list. BYU is located in Provo, Utah and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 15 doctorate’s engineering degrees to qualified students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Engineering at Brigham Young University - Provo

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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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