2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Vermont for a Master’s

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Vermont for a Master’s” ranking - to help you make that 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 Vermont, there were 346 engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,871 and $23,848 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 56 engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,945 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Vermont for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in engineering. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in engineering.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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

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

Top 3 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering in Vermont

1

University of Vermont
Burlington, Vermont

#3 overall quality in Vermont

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Vermont for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Vermont landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Vermont is located in Burlington, Vermont and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 29 masters’s engineering degrees to qualified students.

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%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Full UVM Engineering Report

2

Norwich University
Northfield, Vermont

#4 overall quality in Vermont

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Norwich University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Vermont for a Master’s. Norwich is located in Northfield, Vermont and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 25 masters’s engineering degrees to qualified students.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Engineering at Norwich

3

Vermont Technical College
Randolph, Vermont

#9 overall quality in Vermont

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Vermont for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Vermont Technical College landed the #3 spot on the list. Vermont Tech is a public institution located in Randolph, Vermont. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Full Vermont Technical 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.