2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Mechanics Major in the Southeast Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Well Attended Engineering Mechanics Major in the Southeast Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2020-2021, 272 people earned their degree in engineering mechanics, making the major the 308th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, engineering mechanics graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $64,399 and had an average of $24,558 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 50 engineering mechanics graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,144 and $28,000 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Engineering Mechanics Major in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in engineering mechanics. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in engineering mechanics.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Well Attended Engineering Mechanics Major in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Engineering Mechanics Major in the Southeast Region”.

Top 2 Most Popular Colleges for Engineering Mechanics in the Southeast Region

1

Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, Virginia

#7 overall quality in Southeast

$52,444 Average Early-Career Earnings

$24,013 Average Student Debt

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Engineering Mechanics Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Virginia Tech landed the #1 spot on the list. Virginia Tech is located in Blacksburg, Virginia and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 48 ’s engineering mechanics degrees to qualified students.

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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.

Read full report on Engineering Mechanics at Virginia Tech

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Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus
Atlanta, Georgia

#3 overall quality in Southeast

$72,002 Average Early-Career Earnings

$25,117 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Mechanics Major in the Southeast Region list. Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus is located in Atlanta, Georgia and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 ’s engineering mechanics degrees to qualified students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Engineering Mechanics at Georgia Tech

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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

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

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