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2023 Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Mechanics in the Southeast Region

1 Ranked Colleges
34 Degrees Awarded
$64,144 Avg Salary
Most Well Attended Engineering Mechanics Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor's

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Well Attended Engineering Mechanics Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2020-2021, 272 people earned their degree in engineering mechanics, making the major the 308th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, engineering mechanics graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $64,399 and had an average of $24,558 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 50 engineering mechanics graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,144 and $28,000 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 34 engineering mechanics graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,400 and $27,180 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in engineering mechanics.

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Most Well Attended Engineering Mechanics Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree engineering mechanics students.

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Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, Virginia

Out of the 1 schools in the Most Well Attended Engineering Mechanics Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Virginia Tech landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Blacksburg, Virginia, this large public school awarded 34 degrees to qualified bachelors’s engineering mechanics students in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, 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 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Engineering Mechanics at Virginia Tech

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