2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Technology in the Southeast Region
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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 for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Technology Major in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Engineering Technology is the 203rd most popular major in the country with 3,685 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Southeast region, there were 1,716 engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 497 engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,436 and $23,790 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Technology Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 18 colleges that offer a degree in engineering technology. That schools that top this list have a program in engineering technology in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Technology Major in the Southeast Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree engineering technology students.
Top 18 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Technology in the Southeast Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Berea College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Technology Major in the Southeast Region. Berea is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Berea, Kentucky. It awarded 17 bachelors’s engineering technology degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% 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 impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Read more about Engineering Technology at Berea
Out of the 18 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Technology Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Morehead State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Morehead, Kentucky is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s engineering technology degrees to 49 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.4% 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 Engineering Technology at Morehead State University
Out of the 18 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Technology Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Grambling State University landed the #3 spot on the list. GSU is a medium-sized public school situated in Grambling, Louisiana. It awarded 19 bachelors’s engineering technology degrees in 2021-2022.
Read more about Engineering Technology at Grambling State University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tennessee Technological University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Technology Major in the Southeast Region list. Cookeville, Tennessee is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s engineering technology degrees to 69 students in 2021-2022.
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%.
Read more about Engineering Technology at Tennessee Tech University
Out of the 18 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Technology Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Carolina University landed the #5 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Cullowhee, North Carolina, and it awarded 53 bachelors’s engineering technology degrees 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%.
Read more about Engineering Technology at Western Carolina University
West Virginia University Institute of Technology came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Technology Major in the Southeast Region ranking. West Virginia University Institute of Technology is located in Beckley, West Virginia and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 5 bachelors’s engineering technology degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Engineering Technology at West Virginia University Institute of Technology
Southeastern Louisiana University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Technology Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Southeastern Louisiana University is a fairly large public school situated in Hammond, Louisiana. It awarded 24 bachelors’s engineering technology degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Southeastern Engineering Technology Report
With a ranking of #8, East Tennessee State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Technology Major in the Southeast Region list. ETSU is located in Johnson City, Tennessee and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 52 bachelors’s engineering technology degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full ETSU Engineering Technology Report
Austin Peay State University ranked #9 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Technology Major in the Southeast Region list. Austin Peay State University is located in Clarksville, Tennessee and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 44 bachelors’s engineering technology degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Engineering Technology at Austin Peay State University
With a ranking of #10, Kennesaw State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Technology Major in the Southeast Region list. Kennesaw, Georgia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s engineering technology degrees to 55 students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Engineering Technology at Kennesaw State University
With a ranking of #11, Berry College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Technology Major in the Southeast Region list. This small school is located in Mount Berry, Georgia, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s engineering technology degrees in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. 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%.
Read more about Engineering Technology at Berry
The University of West Florida did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Technology Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #12. UWF is a fairly large school located in Pensacola, Florida that handed out 21 bachelors’s engineering technology degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Engineering Technology at The University of West Florida
University of Memphis landed the #13 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Technology Major in the Southeast Region ranking. University of Memphis is a large school located in Memphis, Tennessee that handed out 40 bachelors’s engineering technology degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Engineering Technology at UofM
Middle Tennessee State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Technology Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #14. Middle Tennessee State University is located in Murfreesboro, Tennessee and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 22 bachelors’s engineering technology degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Engineering Technology at Middle Tennessee State University
University of North Alabama landed the #15 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Technology Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in Florence, Alabama, this medium-sized public school handed out 18 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s engineering technology students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full UNA Engineering Technology Report
University of West Alabama came in at #16 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Technology Major in the Southeast Region ranking. University of West Alabama is a medium-sized public school situated in Livingston, Alabama. It awarded 7 bachelors’s engineering technology degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Engineering Technology at University of West Alabama
With a ranking of #17, Lenoir - Rhyne University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Technology Major in the Southeast Region list. This small school is located in Hickory, North Carolina, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s engineering technology 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%.
Read more about Engineering Technology at Lenoir - Rhyne University
Bryan College - Dayton did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Technology Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #17. Located in Dayton, Tennessee, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 1 degrees to qualified bachelors’s engineering technology students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Engineering Technology at William Jennings Bryan College
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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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