by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Connecticut for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 Connecticut, there were 703 engineering technologies graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,374 and $19,978 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 8 engineering technologies graduates with average earnings and debt of $65,328 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Engineering Tech Major in Connecticut for a Master’s” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in engineering technologies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular engineering technologies programs in the United States.
Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Well Attended Engineering Tech Major in Connecticut for a Master’s” list to help you make the college decision.
We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.
The colleges and universities below are the best for connecticut master’s degree engineering tech students.
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Engineering Tech Major in Connecticut for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Bridgeport landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and it awarded 7 masters’s engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Engineering Technologies at University of Bridgeport
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Engineering Tech Major in Connecticut for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Central Connecticut State University landed the #2 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in New Britain, Connecticut, and it awarded 1 masters’s engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Engineering Tech Major in Connecticut for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Haven landed the #3 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in West Haven, Connecticut, and it awarded 0 masters’s engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.
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%.
Full University of New Haven Engineering Technologies Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Sacred Heart University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Engineering Tech Major in Connecticut for a Master’s. Sacred Heart is a medium-sized school located in Fairfield, Connecticut that handed out 0 masters’s engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on Engineering Technologies at Sacred Heart University
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