by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Engineering Tech Major in the Far Western US Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
General Engineering Technology is the 156th most popular major in the country with 4,676 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 the Far Western US region, there were 550 general engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 58 general engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,720 and $23,024 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Engineering Tech Major in the Far Western US Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general engineering technology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular general engineering technology programs in the United States.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Well Attended Engineering Tech Major in the Far Western US Region for a Bachelor’s” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Engineering Tech Major in the Far Western US Region for a Bachelor’s”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Washington University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Tech Major in the Far Western US Region for a Bachelor’s list. EWU is a fairly large school located in Cheney, Washington that handed out 51 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bellingham Technical College. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Engineering Tech Major in the Far Western US Region for a Bachelor’s. Located in Bellingham, Washington, this small public school awarded 4 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s engineering tech students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General Engineering Technology at Bellingham Technical College
Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended Engineering Tech Major in the Far Western US Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, California State Polytechnic University - Pomona landed the #3 spot on the list. Cal Poly Pomona is a public institution located in Pomona, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California State University - Sacramento. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Tech Major in the Far Western US Region for a Bachelor’s list. This large school is located in Sacramento, California, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about General Engineering Technology at California State University - Sacramento
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend California State University - Long Beach. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended Engineering Tech Major in the Far Western US Region for a Bachelor’s. Located in Long Beach, California, this large public school awarded 0 degrees to qualified bachelors’s engineering tech students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.
Read more about General Engineering Technology at California State University - Long Beach
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