2025 Best Tool & Die Technology/Technician Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

If you plan on getting your associate degree in tool & die technology/technician, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #290 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Plains States Region to determine which ones were the best for tool & die technology/technician students pursuing a associate degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 32 associate degrees in tool & die technology/technician during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to tool & die technology/technician students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of tool & die technology/technician students who choose to seek a associate degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized tool & die technology/technician related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for tool & die technology/technician students working on their associate degree.

More Ways to Rank Tool & Die Technology/Technician 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 Tool & Die Technology/Technician Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Tool & Die Technology/Technician in the Plains States Region

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in tool & die technology/technician.

Top Plains States Region Schools for an Associate in Tool and Die Tech

1

Wichita State University Campus of Applied Sciences and Technology
Wichita, KS

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

12 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in an associate degree in tool & die technology/technician has to check out Wichita State University Campus of Applied Sciences and Technology. WSU Tech is a moderately-sized public university located in the city of Wichita.More information about a associate in tool & die technology/technician from Wichita State University Campus of Applied Sciences and Technology

2

Des Moines Area Community College
Ankeny, IA

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

12 Annual Graduates

Des Moines Area Community College is one of the best schools in the country for getting an associate degree in tool & die technology/technician. DMACC is a very large public college located in the suburb of Ankeny.More information about a associate in tool & die technology/technician from Des Moines Area Community College

Best Tool & Die Technology/Technician Colleges by State

Explore the best tool & die technology/technician colleges for a specific state in the Plains States Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Minnesota	299	2
Iowa	200	20

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Rankings in Majors Related to Tool and Die Tech

One of 8 majors within the Precision Metal Working area of study, Tool & Die Technology/Technician has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Majors Related to Tool and Die Tech

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Welding Technology/Welder	393
Machine Tool Technology/Machinist	138
Computer Numerically Controlled (CNC) Machinist Technology/CNC Machinist	79
Other Precision Metal Working	22
Metal Fabricator	8
Sheet Metal Technology/Sheetworking	3

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.