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General Engineering is the 96th most popular major in the country with 8,480 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across North Carolina, there were 311 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 294 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,381 and $23,483 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in North Carolina” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in general engineering. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their general engineering 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 for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in North Carolina”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Saint Augustine’s University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in North Carolina. SAU is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Raleigh, North Carolina. It awarded 3 bachelors’s engineering degrees in 2021-2022.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Carolina at Asheville. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in North Carolina. Asheville, North Carolina is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s engineering degrees to 18 students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Engineering at University of North Carolina at Asheville
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wake Forest University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in North Carolina list. Wake Forest University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 45 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about General Engineering at Wake Forest University
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, East Carolina University landed the #4 spot on the list. East Carolina University is a public institution located in Greenville, North Carolina. The school has a large population, and it awarded 87 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Carolina University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in North Carolina. WCU is a fairly large school located in Cullowhee, North Carolina that handed out 50 bachelors’s engineering 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%.
With a ranking of #6, Elon University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in North Carolina list. Elon is a medium-sized school located in Elon, North Carolina that handed out 12 bachelors’s engineering degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.
With a ranking of #7, North Carolina State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in North Carolina list. This large school is located in Raleigh, North Carolina, and it awarded 35 bachelors’s engineering degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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 full report on General Engineering at North Carolina State University
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