by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on ME Tech Major in the Southwest Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 6,013 people earned their degree in mechanical engineering technology, making the major the 132nd most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, mechanical engineering technology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $54,639 and had an average of $22,526 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southwest region, there were 323 mechanical engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $50,045 and $23,876 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 251 mechanical engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on ME Tech Major in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 9 colleges that offered a degree in mechanical engineering technology. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their mechanical engineering technology program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on ME Tech Major in the Southwest Region”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend LeTourneau University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on ME Tech Major in the Southwest Region. LETU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Longview, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Mechanical Engineering Technology at LeTourneau University
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on ME Tech Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma State University - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Stillwater, Oklahoma, and it awarded 58 bachelors’s ME tech 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. 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 University of Houston. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on ME Tech Major in the Southwest Region. Located in Houston, Texas, this large public school handed out 88 degrees to qualified bachelors’s ME tech students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.4% 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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tarleton State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on ME Tech Major in the Southwest Region list. Stephenville, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s ME tech degrees to 20 students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Mechanical Engineering Technology at Tarleton State University
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on ME Tech Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Texas landed the #5 spot on the list. This large school is located in Denton, Texas, and it awarded 56 bachelors’s ME tech degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on Mechanical Engineering Technology at University of North Texas
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on ME Tech Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi is a fairly large public school situated in Corpus Christi, Texas. It awarded 10 bachelors’s ME tech degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Mechanical Engineering Technology at Texas A&M Corpus Christi
Texas A & M University - Central Texas came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on ME Tech Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Killeen, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s ME tech degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.8% 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 Mechanical Engineering Technology at Texas A & M University - Central Texas
Sam Houston State University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on ME Tech Major in the Southwest Region ranking. SHSU is a large school located in Huntsville, Texas that handed out 1 bachelors’s ME tech degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Mechanical Engineering Technology at Sam Houston State University
Grand Canyon University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on ME Tech Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Phoenix, Arizona, this large private for-profit school awarded 3 degrees to qualified bachelors’s ME tech students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 5.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Grand Canyon University Mechanical Engineering Technology Report
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