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When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Other Engineering Technologies & Engineering-Related Fields Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Other Engineering Technologies & Engineering-Related Fields is the 347th most popular major in the country with 1,907 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Plains States region, there were 29 other engineering technologies & engineering-related fields graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 4 other engineering technologies & engineering-related fields graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,161 and $15,228 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Other Engineering Technologies & Engineering-Related Fields Major in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in other engineering technologies & engineering-related fields. That schools that top this list have a program in other engineering technologies & engineering-related fields in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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The other engineering technologies & engineering-related fields school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Other Engineering Technologies & Engineering-Related Fields Major in the Plains States Region”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Other Engineering Technologies & Engineering-Related Fields Major in the Plains States Region”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Missouri State University - West Plains. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Other Engineering Technologies & Engineering-Related Fields Major in the Plains States Region. Missouri State West Plains is a public institution located in West Plains, Missouri. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 associates’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.8% 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 Missouri State University - West Plains Other Engineering Technologies & Engineering-Related Fields Report
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Other Engineering Technologies & Engineering-Related Fields Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Independence Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Independence, Kansas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s other engineering technologies & engineering-related fields degrees to 0 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Independence Community College Other Engineering Technologies & Engineering-Related Fields Report
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Other Engineering Technologies & Engineering-Related Fields Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, East Central College landed the #2 spot on the list. Union, Missouri is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s other engineering technologies & engineering-related fields degrees to 2 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Other Engineering Technologies & Engineering-Related Fields at East Central College
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.