by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in North Carolina” ranking - to help you make that decision.
General Engineering is the 79th most popular major in the country with 11,534 degrees awarded in 2021-2022. In , general engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $68,578 and had an average of $22,777 in loans still to pay off.
Across North Carolina, there were 658 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,319 and $26,802 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 294 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,381 and $23,483 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in North Carolina” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in general engineering. That schools that top this list have a program in general engineering in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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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 3 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s engineering students in 2021-2022.
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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. Located in Asheville, North Carolina, this small public school awarded 18 degrees to qualified bachelors’s engineering students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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. Winston-Salem, 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 45 students in 2021-2022.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend East Carolina University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in North Carolina list. East Carolina University is a large school located in Greenville, North Carolina that handed out 87 bachelors’s engineering degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Carolina University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in North Carolina. Cullowhee, North Carolina is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s engineering degrees to 50 students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #6, Elon University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in North Carolina list. Elon University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Elon, North Carolina. It awarded 12 bachelors’s engineering degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.2% 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 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
North Carolina State University ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in North Carolina list. This large school is located in Raleigh, North Carolina, and it awarded 35 bachelors’s engineering degrees in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.0% 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%.
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