2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for General Engineering in Missouri
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Degrees Awarded
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 Engineering Major in Missouri” ranking is part of that endeavor.
General Engineering is the 96th most popular major in the country with 8,480 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across Missouri, there were 179 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 88 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,484 and $15,302 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Missouri” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in general engineering. That schools that top this list have a program in general engineering in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Missouri
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Missouri”.
Top 6 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for General Engineering in Missouri
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Missouri that were part of this year’s ranking, East Central College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Union, Missouri, this small public school awarded 15 diplomas to qualified associates’s engineering 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 more about General Engineering at East Central College
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Moberly Area Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Missouri. Located in Moberly, Missouri, this medium-sized public school handed out 16 diplomas to qualified associates’s engineering students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.0% 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 General Engineering at MACC
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Jefferson College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Missouri. Jefferson College is located in Hillsboro, Missouri and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 12 associates’s engineering degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Engineering at JeffCo
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend State Fair Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Missouri list. Located in Sedalia, Missouri, this small public school handed out 5 diplomas to qualified associates’s engineering students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.5% 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 State Fair Community College
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ozarks Technical Community College. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Missouri. Ozarks Technical Community College is a fairly large school located in Springfield, Missouri that handed out 16 associates’s engineering degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Engineering at OTC
Metropolitan Community College - Kansas City did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Missouri ranking, coming in at #6. MCC is a fairly large public school situated in Kansas City, Missouri. It awarded 24 associates’s engineering degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full MCC General Engineering Report
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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