by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Connecticut for a Master’s” 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 Connecticut, there were 2,165 engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $70,020 and $25,116 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 497 engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $65,328 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Connecticut for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 8 colleges that offered a degree 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.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Connecticut for a Master’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Connecticut for a Master’s”.
Out of the 8 schools in the Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Connecticut for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Haven landed the #1 spot on the list. University of New Haven is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in West Haven, Connecticut. It awarded 167 masters’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Connecticut. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Connecticut for a Master’s. UCONN is located in Storrs, Connecticut and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 133 masters’s engineering degrees to qualified students.
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 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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Yale University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Connecticut for a Master’s. This fairly large school is located in New Haven, Connecticut, and it awarded 73 masters’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% 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 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.
Out of the 8 schools in the Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Connecticut for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Hartford landed the #4 spot on the list. University of Hartford is located in West Hartford, Connecticut and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 38 masters’s engineering degrees to qualified students.
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.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Fairfield University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Connecticut for a Master’s list. Fairfield University is located in Fairfield, Connecticut and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 30 masters’s engineering degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.2% 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%.
University of Bridgeport ranked #6 on this year’s Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Connecticut for a Master’s list. Bridgeport, Connecticut is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s engineering degrees to 29 students in 2020-2021.
Rensselaer at Hartford landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Connecticut for a Master’s ranking. Rensselaer at Hartford is a small school located in Hartford, Connecticut that handed out 23 masters’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. 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%.
Central Connecticut State University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Connecticut for a Master’s ranking. Central Connecticut State University is located in New Britain, Connecticut and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 masters’s engineering degrees to qualified students.
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