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    STEM Factory

    Engineering, computing, and science dominate the culture.

    Ideal if you want peers who talk problem sets and lab work.

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    This identity in numbers

    39

    colleges assigned

    Median average net price
    $22,528
    38 colleges reported
    Median admit rate
    62%
    38 colleges reported
    Median graduation rate
    72%
    39 colleges reported

    Medians across every college with this identity. Rates on a 0–100% scale. Source: U.S. College Scorecard.

    About this identity

    What “STEM Factory” means

    CollegesRef editorial

    Engineering, computing, and science dominate the culture. Ideal if you want peers who talk problem sets and lab work.

    How colleges get this identity

    • STEM focus — Editorial tag: STEM
    • Share of bachelor's degrees in STEM fields — Share of bachelor's degrees in STEM: more credit the closer to 80%, none at 20%
    • Median earnings of former students — Median earnings: more credit the closer to $130,000, none at $50,000

    Each matching rule adds to a college's score for this identity, using verified federal data. Colleges that score with enough confidence are listed, editors can add or remove colleges, and the list is ordered by editorial picks, score and confidence, never by partner status.

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    Signals behind this list

    Stem degree scale
    30 of 30
    Earnings scale
    27 of 30
    Research or technical
    24 of 30
    Stem tag
    6 of 30
    How many of the 30 colleges shown match each signal the rules check. Bars run from 0 to all 30.

    39 colleges

    Colleges with the STEM Factory identity

    Ordered by editorial representation, category score and confidence. Never by partner status.

    Bars: admit and graduation rates on a 0–100% scale; net price relative to $44,622, the highest among the 30 colleges shown.

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