2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Systems Engineering in the Plains States Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Systems Engineering Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Systems Engineering is the 160th most popular major in the country with 3,904 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, systems engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $89,736 and had an average of $21,799 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Plains States region, there were 162 systems engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,035 and $20,450 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 systems engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,829 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Systems Engineering Major in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in systems engineering. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in systems engineering.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Systems Engineering Major in the Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region doctor’s degree systems engineering students.

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Systems Engineering in the Plains States Region

1

Missouri University of Science and Technology
Rolla, Missouri

#13 overall quality in Plains States

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Missouri University of Science and Technology. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Systems Engineering Major in the Plains States Region list. Missouri University of Science and Technology is located in Rolla, Missouri and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 doctorate’s systems engineering degrees to qualified students.

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

Read full report on Systems Engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology

2

Washington University in St Louis
Saint Louis, Missouri

#1 overall quality in Plains States

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Systems Engineering Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Washington University in St Louis landed the #2 spot on the list. WUSTL is a fairly large school located in Saint Louis, Missouri that handed out 1 doctorate’s systems engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.1% 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%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.

Full Washington University in St Louis Systems 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

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