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 “Most Well Attended Engineering Tech Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s” 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 the Southwest region, there were 264 general engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,298 and $19,475 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 44 general engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,204 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Engineering Tech Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general engineering technology. To top this list, a school must have a successful general engineering technology program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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 Southwest Region for a Master’s” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree engineering tech students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Texas. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Engineering Tech Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s. UNT is a public institution located in Denton, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 16 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Houston. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Tech Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s list. UH is a large school located in Houston, Texas that handed out 15 masters’s engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Tech Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s list. Texas A&M University - College Station is a large school located in College Station, Texas that handed out 6 masters’s engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on General Engineering Technology at Texas A&M College Station
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oklahoma State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended Engineering Tech Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s. OSU is a large school located in Stillwater, Oklahoma that handed out 5 masters’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 school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, 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 West Texas A&M University. The school came in at #5 for the Most Well Attended Engineering Tech Major in the Southwest Region for a Master’s. Located in Canyon, Texas, this medium-sized public school handed out 2 degrees to qualified masters’s engineering tech students in 2020-2021.
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