by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Civil Engineering Major in Tennessee” ranking is part of that endeavor.
General Civil Engineering is the 41st most popular major in the country with 20,711 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Tennessee, there were 326 general civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 253 general civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,466 and $26,819 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Civil Engineering Major in Tennessee” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general civil engineering. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in general civil engineering.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for tennessee bachelor’s degree general civil engineering students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Christian Brothers University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Civil Engineering Major in Tennessee list. Memphis, Tennessee is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s general civil engineering degrees to 19 students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tennessee Technological University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Civil Engineering Major in Tennessee list. Tennessee Technological University is a medium-sized public school situated in Cookeville, Tennessee. It awarded 57 bachelors’s general civil engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.1% 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%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tennessee State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Civil Engineering Major in Tennessee list. Tennessee State University is a medium-sized school located in Nashville, Tennessee that handed out 24 bachelors’s general civil engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Civil Engineering Major in Tennessee list. UT Chattanooga is a fairly large public school situated in Chattanooga, Tennessee. It awarded 35 bachelors’s general civil engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Civil Engineering Major in Tennessee that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Tennessee - Knoxville landed the #5 spot on the list. The University of Tennessee - Knoxville is a large public school situated in Knoxville, Tennessee. It awarded 77 bachelors’s general civil engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.1% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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Lipscomb University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Civil Engineering Major in Tennessee ranking. Located in Nashville, Tennessee, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 8 degrees to qualified bachelors’s general civil engineering students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.9% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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University of Memphis ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Civil Engineering Major in Tennessee list. University of Memphis is a large school located in Memphis, Tennessee that handed out 20 bachelors’s general civil engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
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Vanderbilt University landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Civil Engineering Major in Tennessee ranking. Nashville, Tennessee is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s general civil engineering degrees to 13 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% 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%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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