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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Metallurgical Tech Major in Texas” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2021-2022, 45 people earned their degree in metallurgical technology, making the major the 1072nd most popular in the United States.
Across Texas, there were 15 metallurgical technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 9 metallurgical technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,735 and $15,391 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Metallurgical Tech Major in Texas” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in metallurgical technology. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their metallurgical technology program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Metallurgical Tech Major in Texas” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Metallurgical Tech Major in Texas”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kilgore College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Metallurgical Tech Major in Texas list. Kilgore College is a medium-sized school located in Kilgore, Texas that handed out 7 associates’s metallurgical tech degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.1% 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 Metallurgical Technology at Kilgore College
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Metallurgical Tech Major in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Houston Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Houston Community College is located in Houston, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 2 associates’s metallurgical tech degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% 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%.
Read more about Metallurgical Technology at Houston Community 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%.
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- *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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