by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in Missouri” ranking.
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 Missouri, there were 2,033 engineering technologies graduates with average earnings and debt of $49,291 and $26,443 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 358 engineering technologies graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,023 and $28,243 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in Missouri” ranking, we looked at 11 colleges that offer a degree in engineering technologies. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their engineering technologies program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The engineering tech school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in Missouri”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in Missouri”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Missouri Western State University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in Missouri. This small school is located in Saint Joseph, Missouri, and it awarded 36 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 11 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in Missouri that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Missouri landed the #2 spot on the list. Warrensburg, Missouri is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s engineering tech degrees to 111 students in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 11 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in Missouri that were part of this year’s ranking, Missouri University of Science and Technology landed the #3 spot on the list. Missouri University of Science and Technology is a medium-sized school located in Rolla, Missouri that handed out 79 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 85%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southeast Missouri State University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in Missouri. Southeast Missouri State University is a medium-sized school located in Cape Girardeau, Missouri that handed out 70 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ranken Technical College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in Missouri list. Ranken Technical College is located in Saint Louis, Missouri and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.7% 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%.
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Missouri Southern State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in Missouri ranking. Joplin, Missouri is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s engineering tech degrees to 12 students in 2020-2021.
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Northwest Missouri State University ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in Missouri list. Northwest is a medium-sized school located in Maryville, Missouri that handed out 17 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.
Washington University in St Louis landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in Missouri ranking. Washington University in St Louis is a private not-for-profit institution located in Saint Louis, Missouri. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 18 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.1% 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%.
Missouri State University - Springfield did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in Missouri ranking, coming in at #9. Located in Springfield, Missouri, this large public school handed out 5 degrees to qualified bachelors’s engineering tech students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.9% 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%.
DeVry University - Missouri landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in Missouri ranking. DeVry University - Missouri is a small private for-profit school situated in Kansas City, Missouri. It awarded 0 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 100%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 4 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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Lincoln University ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in Missouri list. Located in Jefferson City, Missouri, this small public school handed out 1 degrees to qualified bachelors’s engineering tech students in 2020-2021.
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