2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for General Engineering Science in the Plains States Region
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Engineering Science Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2021-2022, 1,422 people earned their degree in general engineering science, making the major the 342nd most popular in the United States.
Across the Plains States region, there were 24 general engineering science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 0 general engineering science graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,161 and $15,228 respectively.
The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their general engineering science program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Science Major in the Plains States Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region associate degree engineering science students.
Top 1 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for General Engineering Science in the Plains States Region
Out of the 1 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Science Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Metropolitan Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Omaha, Nebraska, this fairly large public school awarded 0 degrees to qualified associates’s engineering science students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.2% 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%.
Read more about General Engineering Science at MCC
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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