by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Major in North Carolina for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
General Engineering is the 96th most popular major in the country with 9,018 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across North Carolina, there were 273 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 254 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,368 and $25,940 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Engineering Major in North Carolina for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in general engineering. To top this list, a school must have a successful general engineering program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for north carolina bachelor’s degree engineering students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend East Carolina University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Engineering Major in North Carolina for a Bachelor’s. This large school is located in Greenville, North Carolina, and it awarded 102 bachelors’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 7 schools in the Most Well Attended Engineering Major in North Carolina for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Wake Forest University landed the #2 spot on the list. Wake Forest University is a medium-sized school located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina that handed out 42 bachelors’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.6% 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 General Engineering at Wake Forest University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Carolina State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Major in North Carolina for a Bachelor’s list. Raleigh, North Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s engineering degrees to 40 students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Carolina University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Major in North Carolina for a Bachelor’s list. Cullowhee, North Carolina is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s engineering degrees to 29 students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 7 schools in the Most Well Attended Engineering Major in North Carolina for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina at Asheville landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Asheville, North Carolina, this small public school awarded 28 degrees to qualified bachelors’s engineering students in 2020-2021.
Read more about General Engineering at University of North Carolina at Asheville
Elon University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Engineering Major in North Carolina for a Bachelor’s ranking. Elon is a medium-sized school located in Elon, North Carolina that handed out 8 bachelors’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
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 90%.
Saint Augustine’s University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Engineering Major in North Carolina for a Bachelor’s ranking. This small school is located in Raleigh, North Carolina, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
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