by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in North Carolina” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 9,018 people earned their degree in general engineering, making the major the 96th most popular in the United States.
Across North Carolina, there were 273 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 254 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,368 and $25,940 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in North Carolina” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in general engineering. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in general engineering.
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The engineering 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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in North Carolina”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for north carolina bachelor’s degree engineering students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Augustine’s University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in North Carolina list. Located in Raleigh, North Carolina, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 5 degrees to qualified bachelors’s engineering students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina at Asheville landed the #2 spot on the list. Asheville, North Carolina is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s engineering degrees to 28 students in 2020-2021.
Read more about General Engineering at University of North Carolina at Asheville
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wake Forest University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in North Carolina list. Wake Forest University is a medium-sized school located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina that handed out 42 bachelors’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about General Engineering at Wake Forest University
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, East Carolina University landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Greenville, North Carolina, this large public school awarded 102 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s engineering students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Carolina University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in North Carolina list. Cullowhee, North Carolina is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s engineering degrees to 29 students in 2020-2021.
Elon University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in North Carolina ranking. Elon, North Carolina is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s engineering degrees to 8 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
With a ranking of #7, North Carolina State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in North Carolina list. NC State is a public institution located in Raleigh, North Carolina. The school has a large population, and it awarded 40 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.0% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read more about General Engineering at North Carolina State University
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