2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Technology Major in Tennessee for a Bachelor’s

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Well Attended Engineering Technology Major in Tennessee for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2020-2021, 4,500 people earned their degree in engineering technology, making the major the 203rd most popular in the United States.

Across Tennessee, there were 581 engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 230 engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,466 and $26,819 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Engineering Technology Major in Tennessee for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in engineering technology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular engineering technology programs in the United States.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Well Attended Engineering Technology Major in Tennessee for a Bachelor’s

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

Top 6 Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Technology in Tennessee

1

Tennessee Technological University
Cookeville, Tennessee

#13 overall quality in Tennessee

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Tennessee Technological University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Engineering Technology Major in Tennessee for a Bachelor’s. Located in Cookeville, Tennessee, this medium-sized public school awarded 62 degrees to qualified bachelors’s engineering tech students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Tennessee Tech University Engineering Technology Report

2

East Tennessee State University
Johnson City, Tennessee

#14 overall quality in Tennessee

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend East Tennessee State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Technology Major in Tennessee for a Bachelor’s list. Johnson City, Tennessee is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s engineering tech degrees to 51 students in 2020-2021.

Full East Tennessee State University Engineering Technology Report

3

Austin Peay State University
Clarksville, Tennessee

#23 overall quality in Tennessee

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Austin Peay State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Technology Major in Tennessee for a Bachelor’s list. This medium-sized school is located in Clarksville, Tennessee, and it awarded 45 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Austin Peay State University Engineering Technology Report

4

University of Memphis
Memphis, Tennessee

#11 overall quality in Tennessee

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Memphis. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended Engineering Technology Major in Tennessee for a Bachelor’s. Located in Memphis, Tennessee, this large public school awarded 37 degrees to qualified bachelors’s engineering tech students in 2020-2021.

Full University of Memphis Engineering Technology Report

5

Middle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, Tennessee

#12 overall quality in Tennessee

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Middle Tennessee State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Technology Major in Tennessee for a Bachelor’s list. Middle Tennessee State University is a public institution located in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. The school has a large population, and it awarded 35 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Middle Tennessee State University Engineering Technology Report

6

Bryan College - Dayton
Dayton, Tennessee

#9 overall quality in Tennessee

Bryan College - Dayton ranked #6 on this year’s Most Well Attended Engineering Technology Major in Tennessee for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Dayton, Tennessee, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 0 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s engineering tech students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.0% 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 full report on Engineering Technology at Bryan College - Dayton

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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.

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