When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Schools Highly Focused on Metallurgical Tech Major in the Southwest Region” 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 the Southwest region, there were 15 metallurgical technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Metallurgical Tech Major in the Southwest Region” 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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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools Highly Focused on Metallurgical Tech Major in the Southwest Region”.
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Metallurgical Tech Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Kilgore College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Kilgore, Texas, this medium-sized public school handed out 13 diplomas to qualified ’s metallurgical tech students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Metallurgical Technology at Kilgore College
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Houston Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Metallurgical Tech Major in the Southwest Region list. Houston Community College is a large school located in Houston, Texas that handed out 2 ’s metallurgical tech degrees in 2021-2022.
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%.
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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