2025 Best General Engineering Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region
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Colleges in the Plains States Region
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Associate Degrees
General Engineering is of the hottest associate degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #29 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
College Factual reviewed 4 schools in the Plains States Region to determine which ones were the best for associate degree seekers in the field of general engineering. Combined, these schools handed out 231 associate degrees in general engineering to qualified students.
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Choosing a Great General Engineering School for Your Associate Degree
The engineering associate degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:
Quality Overall Is Important
The overall quality of a associate degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.
Average Earnings
One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of associate graduates during the early years of their career. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their associate degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
- Major Focus - How much a school focuses on general engineering students vs. other majors.
- Major Demand - How many other general engineering students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
- Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
- Student Debt - How much debt general engineering students go into to obtain their associate degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
- Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized general engineering related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for general engineering students working on their associate degree.
More Ways to Rank General Engineering Schools
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best General Engineering Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list to help you make the college decision.