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 “Most Well Attended Engineering Tech Major in Alabama for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
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 Alabama, there were 3,573 engineering technologies graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,283 and $17,938 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 400 engineering technologies graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,476 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Engineering Tech Major in Alabama for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in engineering technologies. To top this list, a school must have a successful engineering technologies program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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 Alabama for a Master’s”.
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 by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.
The colleges and universities below are the best for alabama master’s degree engineering tech students.
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Engineering Tech Major in Alabama for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Columbia Southern University landed the #1 spot on the list. Columbia Southern University is located in Orange Beach, Alabama and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 384 masters’s engineering tech degrees to qualified students.
Read full report on Engineering Technologies at Columbia Southern University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Auburn University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Tech Major in Alabama for a Master’s list. Located in Auburn, Alabama, this large public school handed out 11 diplomas to qualified masters’s engineering tech students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Engineering Technologies at Auburn University
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Engineering Tech Major in Alabama for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Jacksonville State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Jacksonville State University is a public institution located in Jacksonville, Alabama. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 5 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Jacksonville State University Engineering Technologies Report
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