by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in Iowa” ranking as one item you can use to help make this 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 Iowa, there were 976 engineering technologies graduates with average earnings and debt of $50,499 and $21,039 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 251 engineering technologies graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,980 and $30,839 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in Iowa” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered 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 the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in Iowa” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for iowa 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 Iowa that were part of this year’s ranking, Hamilton Technical College landed the #1 spot on the list. Hamilton Technical College is a small private for-profit school situated in Davenport, Iowa. It awarded 28 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Hamilton Technical College Engineering Technologies Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Waldorf University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in Iowa list. Waldorf is a small private for-profit school situated in Forest City, Iowa. It awarded 48 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend William Penn University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in Iowa. William Penn University is located in Oskaloosa, Iowa and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 8 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees to qualified students.
Read more about Engineering Technologies at William Penn University
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in Iowa that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Northern Iowa landed the #4 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Cedar Falls, Iowa, and it awarded 68 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Iowa State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in Iowa list. Located in Ames, Iowa, this large public school awarded 99 degrees to qualified bachelors’s engineering tech students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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%.
Upper Iowa University ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in Iowa list. Upper Iowa University is a small school located in Fayette, Iowa that handed out 0 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Engineering Technologies at Upper Iowa University
Dordt University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in Iowa ranking, coming in at #6. Dordt is a small school located in Sioux Center, Iowa that handed out 4 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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