by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Systems Engineering Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 3,904 people earned their degree in systems engineering, making the major the 160th most popular in the United States. 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 Far Western US region, there were 553 systems engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $125,714 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 288 systems engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,693 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Systems Engineering Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking, we looked at 9 colleges that offer a degree in systems engineering. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their systems engineering program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region master’s degree systems engineering students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Naval Postgraduate School. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Systems Engineering Major in the Far Western US Region list. Naval Postgraduate School is a small public school situated in Monterey, California. It awarded 211 masters’s systems engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Loyola Marymount University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Systems Engineering Major in the Far Western US Region list. Loyola Marymount University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Los Angeles, California. It awarded 10 masters’s systems engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.8% 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%.
Read more about Systems Engineering at Loyola Marymount University
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Systems Engineering Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - San Diego landed the #3 spot on the list. UCSD is a large school located in La Jolla, California that handed out 29 masters’s systems engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, 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 1.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Systems Engineering at University of California - San Diego
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Portland State University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Systems Engineering Major in the Far Western US Region. Portland State University is a public institution located in Portland, Oregon. The school has a large population, and it awarded 10 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Systems Engineering Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern California landed the #5 spot on the list. University of Southern California is located in Los Angeles, California and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 21 masters’s systems engineering degrees to qualified students.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
California State Polytechnic University - Pomona came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Systems Engineering Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. Pomona, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s systems engineering degrees to 7 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.
University of California - Santa Cruz ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Systems Engineering Major in the Far Western US Region list. This fairly large school is located in Santa Cruz, California, and it awarded 0 masters’s systems engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.9% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
Read more about Systems Engineering at University of California - Santa Cruz
Seattle University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Systems Engineering Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. Seattle University is located in Seattle, Washington and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 masters’s systems engineering degrees to qualified students.
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%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
California Institute of Technology landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Systems Engineering Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. California Institute of Technology is located in Pasadena, California and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 masters’s systems engineering degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 3 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
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