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2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Major in District of Columbia for a Master’s

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276 Degrees Awarded
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Most Well Attended Engineering Major in District of Columbia for a Master's

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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 District of Columbia, there were 689 engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $82,386 and $26,038 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 276 engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,645 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Engineering Major in District of Columbia for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in engineering. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in engineering.

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Most Well Attended Engineering Major in District of Columbia for a Master’s

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

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George Washington University
Washington, District of Columbia

Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Engineering Major in District of Columbia for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, George Washington University landed the #1 spot on the list. GWU is a large school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 217 masters’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%.

Full George Washington University Engineering Report

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Catholic University of America
Washington, District of Columbia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Catholic University of America. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Major in District of Columbia for a Master’s list. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 51 degrees to qualified masters’s engineering students in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Engineering at Catholic University of America

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University of the District of Columbia
Washington, District of Columbia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of the District of Columbia. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Engineering Major in District of Columbia for a Master’s. This small school is located in Washington, District of Columbia, and it awarded 6 masters’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read full report on Engineering at University of the District of Columbia

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Howard University
Washington, District of Columbia

Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Engineering Major in District of Columbia for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Howard University landed the #4 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Washington, District of Columbia, and it awarded 2 masters’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

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

Full Howard Engineering Report

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