2023 Most Well Attended Electrical Technology Major in North Carolina for a Bachelor’s

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In 2020-2021, 6,321 people earned their degree in electrical, electronic and communications engineering technology/technician, making the major the 173rd most popular in the United States.

Across North Carolina, there were 537 electrical, electronic and communications engineering technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 49 electrical, electronic and communications engineering technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,368 and $25,940 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Electrical Technology Major in North Carolina for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in electrical, electronic and communications engineering technology/technician. To top this list, a school must have a successful electrical, electronic and communications engineering technology/technician program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

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Most Well Attended Electrical Technology Major in North Carolina for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Electrical Technology Major in North Carolina for a Bachelor’s”.

Top 2 Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Electrical, Electronic & Communications Engineering Technology in North Carolina

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University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Charlotte, North Carolina

#7 overall quality in North Carolina

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Electrical Technology Major in North Carolina for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina at Charlotte landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Charlotte, North Carolina, this large public school handed out 30 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s electrical technology students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, 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 85%.

Read full report on Electrical, Electronic & Communications Engineering Technology at UNC Charlotte

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Western Carolina University
Cullowhee, North Carolina

#15 overall quality in North Carolina

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Electrical Technology Major in North Carolina for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Carolina University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Cullowhee, North Carolina, this fairly large public school handed out 19 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s electrical technology students in 2020-2021.

Full Western Carolina University Electrical, Electronic & Communications Engineering Technology 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.