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 was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Engineering Tech Major in Tennessee for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 85,188 people earned their degree in engineering technologies, making the major the 20th most popular in the United States. 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 Tennessee, there were 1,653 engineering technologies graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,469 and $23,612 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 357 engineering technologies graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,466 and $26,819 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Engineering Tech Major in Tennessee for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 10 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in engineering technologies. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in engineering technologies.
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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 “Most Well Attended Engineering Tech Major in Tennessee for a Bachelor’s”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Engineering Tech Major in Tennessee for a Bachelor’s”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Middle Tennessee State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Tech Major in Tennessee for a Bachelor’s list. This large school is located in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and it awarded 83 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Engineering Technologies at Middle Tennessee State University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Tennessee Technological University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Engineering Tech Major in Tennessee for a Bachelor’s. Tennessee Technological University is a medium-sized school located in Cookeville, Tennessee that handed out 62 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Engineering Technologies at Tennessee Technological University
Out of the 10 schools in the Most Well Attended Engineering Tech Major in Tennessee for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, East Tennessee State University landed the #3 spot on the list. ETSU is a public institution located in Johnson City, Tennessee. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 54 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 10 schools in the Most Well Attended Engineering Tech Major in Tennessee for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Chattanooga, Tennessee, this fairly large public school awarded 53 degrees to qualified bachelors’s engineering tech students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Austin Peay State University. The school came in at #5 for the Most Well Attended Engineering Tech Major in Tennessee for a Bachelor’s. Located in Clarksville, Tennessee, this medium-sized public school handed out 45 degrees to qualified bachelors’s engineering tech students in 2020-2021.
Full Austin Peay State University Engineering Technologies Report
University of Memphis did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Tech Major in Tennessee for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #6. Memphis, Tennessee is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s engineering tech degrees to 37 students in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #7, Tennessee State University did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Tech Major in Tennessee for a Bachelor’s list. Tennessee State University is located in Nashville, Tennessee and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 15 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees to qualified students.
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Christian Brothers University landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Tech Major in Tennessee for a Bachelor’s ranking. Christian Brothers is a small school located in Memphis, Tennessee that handed out 8 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.
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Southern Adventist University did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Tech Major in Tennessee for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #9. Southern Adventist is a small school located in Collegedale, Tennessee that handed out 0 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Bryan College - Dayton did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Tech Major in Tennessee for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #9. William Jennings Bryan College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Dayton, Tennessee. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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