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. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in South Carolina” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Engineering Technologies is the 20th most popular major in the country with 85,188 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, engineering technologies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $52,350 and had an average of $21,560 in loans still to pay off.
Across South Carolina, there were 1,298 engineering technologies graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,365 and $19,553 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 164 engineering technologies graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,293 and $28,603 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in South Carolina” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in engineering technologies. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in engineering technologies.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in South Carolina” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for south carolina bachelor’s degree engineering tech students.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in South Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, South Carolina State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Orangeburg, South Carolina is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s engineering tech degrees to 16 students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Engineering Technologies at South Carolina State University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Benedict College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in South Carolina. Benedict College is located in Columbia, South Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees to qualified students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Clemson University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in South Carolina list. Clemson is located in Clemson, South Carolina and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 126 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in South Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Carolina - Upstate landed the #4 spot on the list. USC Upstate is a medium-sized public school situated in Spartanburg, South Carolina. It awarded 14 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.
Full University of South Carolina - Upstate Engineering Technologies Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Francis Marion University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in South Carolina. Francis Marion University is a small public school situated in Florence, South Carolina. It awarded 5 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Francis Marion University Engineering Technologies Report
Claflin University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in South Carolina ranking. Claflin University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Orangeburg, South Carolina. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #6, Bob Jones University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in South Carolina list. Bob Jones University is located in Greenville, South Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.6%, 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 86%.
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