2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering Technology

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 10 general engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,260 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in general engineering technology. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in general engineering technology.

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One Size Does Not Fit All

The engineering tech school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major”.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major

The colleges and universities below are the best for doctor’s degree engineering tech students.

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering Technology

1

Eastern Michigan University
Ypsilanti, Michigan

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Eastern Michigan University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major. Eastern Michigan University is a fairly large school located in Ypsilanti, Michigan that handed out 8 doctorate’s engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Eastern Michigan General Engineering Technology Report

2

University of Colorado Boulder
Boulder, Colorado

Top 25% overall quality in United States

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Colorado Boulder. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major. CU - Boulder is a large school located in Boulder, Colorado that handed out 2 doctorate’s engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.4% 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 more about General Engineering Technology at University of Colorado Boulder

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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