by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in Kansas” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 4,676 people earned their degree in general engineering technology, making the major the 156th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, general engineering technology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $53,419 and had an average of $23,567 in loans still to pay off.
Across Kansas, there were 107 general engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,392 and $22,035 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 78 general engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,562 and $28,681 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in Kansas” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in general engineering technology. That schools that top this list have a program in general engineering technology in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in Kansas” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.
The colleges and universities below are the best for kansas bachelor’s degree engineering tech students.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in Kansas that were part of this year’s ranking, Fort Hays State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Hays, Kansas, this fairly large public school awarded 34 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s engineering tech students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wichita State University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in Kansas. Wichita State University is located in Wichita, Kansas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 28 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees to qualified students.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in Kansas that were part of this year’s ranking, Kansas State University landed the #3 spot on the list. K -State is a public institution located in Manhattan, Kansas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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