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 Major in Tennessee for an Associate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
General Engineering is the 79th most popular major in the country with 11,796 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, general engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $68,873 and had an average of $20,557 in loans still to pay off.
Across Tennessee, there were 134 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,137 and $23,875 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 27 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,342 and $21,173 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Tennessee for an Associate” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in general engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular general engineering programs in the United States.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Tennessee for an Associate” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Tennessee for an Associate”.
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Tennessee for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Chattanooga State Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Chattanooga State Community College is a medium-sized school located in Chattanooga, Tennessee that handed out 26 associates’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Tennessee for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Adventist University landed the #2 spot on the list. Southern Adventist is located in Collegedale, Tennessee and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 associates’s engineering degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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