2023 Most Focused Colleges for General Science Technologies/Technicians in the New England Region
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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 Highly Focused on Science Tech Major in the New England Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
General Science Technologies/Technicians is the 349th most popular major in the country with 60 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, general science technologies/technicians graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $60,154 and had an average of $13,084 in loans still to pay off.
Across the New England region, there were 2 general science technologies/technicians graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Science Tech Major in the New England Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general science technologies/technicians. That schools that top this list have a program in general science technologies/technicians in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Schools Highly Focused on Science Tech Major in the New England Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region science tech students.
Top 2 Most Focused Colleges for General Science Technologies/Technicians in the New England Region
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Science Tech Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Bay Path University landed the #1 spot on the list. Bay Path is a private not-for-profit institution located in Longmeadow, Massachusetts. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.9% 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%.
Read more about General Science Technologies/Technicians at Bay Path University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Keene State College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Science Tech Major in the New England Region list. Keene State is a small public school situated in Keene, New Hampshire. It awarded 0 ’s science tech degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% 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%.
Full Keene State General Science Technologies/Technicians Report
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Notes and References
References
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.
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