2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Marine Maintenance/Fitter & Ship Repair Technology/Technician in the Plains States Region

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 Marine Maintenance/Fitter and Ship Repair Technology/Technician Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2021-2022, 823 people earned their degree in marine maintenance/fitter & ship repair technology/technician, making the major the 1122nd most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 51 marine maintenance/fitter & ship repair technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 13 marine maintenance/fitter & ship repair technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,161 and $15,228 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Marine Maintenance/Fitter and Ship Repair Technology/Technician Major in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in marine maintenance/fitter & ship repair technology/technician. That schools that top this list have a program in marine maintenance/fitter & ship repair technology/technician in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Marine Maintenance/Fitter and Ship Repair Technology/Technician Major in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Marine Maintenance/Fitter and Ship Repair Technology/Technician Major in the Plains States Region”.

Top 5 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Marine Maintenance/Fitter & Ship Repair Technology/Technician in the Plains States Region

1

Iowa Lakes Community College
Estherville, Iowa

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Marine Maintenance/Fitter and Ship Repair Technology/Technician Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Iowa Lakes Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Iowa Lakes Community College is a small school located in Estherville, Iowa that handed out 2 associates’s marine maintenance/fitter and ship repair technology/technician degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 5.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Iowa Lakes Community College Marine Maintenance/Fitter & Ship Repair Technology/Technician Report

2

Central Lakes College - Brainerd
Brainerd, Minnesota

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Central Lakes College - Brainerd. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Marine Maintenance/Fitter and Ship Repair Technology/Technician Major in the Plains States Region. Located in Brainerd, Minnesota, this small public school handed out 5 degrees to qualified associates’s marine maintenance/fitter and ship repair technology/technician students in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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3

Minnesota State Community and Technical College
Fergus Falls, Minnesota

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Marine Maintenance/Fitter and Ship Repair Technology/Technician Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Minnesota State Community and Technical College landed the #3 spot on the list. M State is located in Fergus Falls, Minnesota and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 2 associates’s marine maintenance/fitter and ship repair technology/technician degrees to qualified students.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.4% 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 Marine Maintenance/Fitter & Ship Repair Technology/Technician at M State

4

Hennepin Technical College
Brooklyn Park, Minnesota

Top 5% overall quality in Plains States

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Hennepin Technical College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Marine Maintenance/Fitter and Ship Repair Technology/Technician Major in the Plains States Region. Brooklyn Park, Minnesota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s marine maintenance/fitter and ship repair technology/technician degrees to 1 students in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Marine Maintenance/Fitter & Ship Repair Technology/Technician at Hennepin Technical College

5

State Fair Community College
Sedalia, Missouri

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend State Fair Community College. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Marine Maintenance/Fitter and Ship Repair Technology/Technician Major in the Plains States Region. State Fair Community College is located in Sedalia, Missouri and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 0 associates’s marine maintenance/fitter and ship repair technology/technician degrees to qualified students.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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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

Footnotes

• *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.

Credits

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