2023 Schools Highly Focused on Science Tech Major in the Southeast Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 60 people earned their degree in general science technologies/technicians, making the major the 349th most popular in the United States. 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 Southeast region, there were 8 general science technologies/technicians graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Science Tech Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general science technologies/technicians. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in general science technologies/technicians.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The science tech 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 Highly Focused on Science Tech Major in the Southeast Region”.

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Schools Highly Focused on Science Tech Major in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region science tech students.

Top 2 Most Focused Colleges for General Science Technologies/Technicians in the Southeast Region

1

Delgado Community College
New Orleans, Louisiana

$33,650 Average Early-Career Earnings

$24,117 Average Student Debt

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Science Tech Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Delgado Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in New Orleans, Louisiana, this fairly large public school handed out 5 degrees to qualified ’s science tech students in 2020-2021.

Read more about General Science Technologies/Technicians at Delgado Community College

2

Dalton State College
Dalton, Georgia

$37,531 Average Early-Career Earnings

$15,823 Average Student Debt

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Science Tech Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Dalton State College landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Dalton, Georgia, this small public school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified ’s science tech students in 2020-2021.

Read more about General Science Technologies/Technicians at Dalton State College

• Most Focused Colleges for General Science Technologies/Technicians

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

Footnotes

• *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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Chrissy Cuttita, 45th Space Wing Public Affairs.