2023 Schools Highly Focused on Science Tech 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 “Schools Highly Focused on Science Tech Major in the Southeast Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2021-2022, 82 people earned their degree in general science technologies/technicians, making the major the 349th most popular in the United States. In , general science technologies/technicians graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $60,154 and had an average of $14,540 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 6 general science technologies/technicians graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Science Tech Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general science technologies/technicians. That schools that top this list have a program in general science technologies/technicians in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools Highly Focused on Science Tech Major in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region science tech students.

Top 2 Most Focused Colleges for General Science Technologies/Technicians in the Southeast Region

1

Delgado Community College
New Orleans, Louisiana

$33,650 Average Early-Career Earnings

$20,931 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Delgado Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Science Tech Major in the Southeast Region list. Delgado Community College is a fairly large public school situated in New Orleans, Louisiana. It awarded 5 ’s science tech degrees in 2021-2022.

Read more about General Science Technologies/Technicians at Delgado Community College

2

Dalton State College
Dalton, Georgia

$37,531 Average Early-Career Earnings

$13,141 Average Student Debt

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Science Tech Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Dalton State College landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Dalton, Georgia, this small public school awarded 0 diplomas to qualified ’s science tech students in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about General Science Technologies/Technicians at DSC

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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