2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Lineworker in the Southwest Region
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Lineworker Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2021-2022, 2,257 people earned their degree in lineworker, making the major the 641st most popular in the United States.
Across the Southwest region, there were 361 lineworker graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 92 lineworker graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,470 and $15,074 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Lineworker Major in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in lineworker. That schools that top this list have a program in lineworker in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Lineworker Major in the Southwest Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region associate degree lineworker students.
Top 3 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Lineworker in the Southwest Region
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Lineworker Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology landed the #1 spot on the list. Okmulgee, Oklahoma is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s lineworker degrees to 54 students in 2021-2022.
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%.
Full OSU Institute of Technology Lineworker Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas State Technical College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Lineworker Major in the Southwest Region list. Waco, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s lineworker degrees to 35 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% 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%.
Full TSTC Lineworker Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Chandler-Gilbert Community College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Lineworker Major in the Southwest Region. Chandler, Arizona is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s lineworker degrees to 2 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.9% 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 Lineworker at Chandler-Gilbert 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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