2023 Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering Technology in Texas

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Engineering Tech Major in Texas for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Texas, there were 130 general engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,093 and $23,667 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 86 general engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,932 and $25,894 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Engineering Tech Major in Texas for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general engineering technology. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in general engineering technology.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Most Well Attended Engineering Tech Major in Texas for a Bachelor’s

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

Top 5 Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering Technology in Texas

1

Texas State University
San Marcos, Texas

#15 overall quality in Texas

$50,841 Average Early-Career Earnings

$20,250 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Tech Major in Texas for a Bachelor’s list. Located in San Marcos, Texas, this large public school handed out 52 degrees to qualified bachelors’s engineering tech students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on General Engineering Technology at Texas State University

2

Sam Houston State University
Huntsville, Texas

#21 overall quality in Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Sam Houston State University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Engineering Tech Major in Texas for a Bachelor’s. Sam Houston State University is a large school located in Huntsville, Texas that handed out 22 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about General Engineering Technology at Sam Houston State University

3

West Texas A&M University
Canyon, Texas

Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended Engineering Tech Major in Texas for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, West Texas A&M University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Canyon, Texas, this medium-sized public school awarded 7 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s engineering tech students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on General Engineering Technology at West Texas A&M University

4

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Edinburg, Texas

#19 overall quality in Texas

Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended Engineering Tech Major in Texas for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Edinburg, Texas, this large public school handed out 5 degrees to qualified bachelors’s engineering tech students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full UT Rio Grande Valley General Engineering Technology Report

5

Tarleton State University
Stephenville, Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Tarleton State University. The school came in at #5 for the Most Well Attended Engineering Tech Major in Texas for a Bachelor’s. Tarleton State University is a fairly large public school situated in Stephenville, Texas. It awarded 0 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on General Engineering Technology at Tarleton State University

• Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering Technology in the Southwest Region
• Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering Technology

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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