2023 Most Well Attended Systems Engineering Major in the Plains States Region for a Doctorate

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Systems Engineering Major in the Plains States Region for a Doctorate” 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.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Systems Engineering Major in the Plains States Region for a Doctorate” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in systems engineering. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in systems engineering.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Most Well Attended Systems Engineering Major in the Plains States Region for a Doctorate

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

Top 2 Most Popular 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 Most Well Attended Systems Engineering Major in the Plains States Region for a Doctorate list. Rolla, Missouri is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s systems engineering degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. 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%.

Full Missouri University of Science and Technology Systems Engineering Report

2

Washington University in St Louis
Saint Louis, Missouri

#1 overall quality in Plains States

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Washington University in St Louis. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Systems Engineering Major in the Plains States Region for a Doctorate list. This fairly large school is located in Saint Louis, Missouri, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s systems engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Full Washington University in St Louis Systems Engineering Report

• Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Systems Engineering

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 luis gomes.