2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Entrepreneurship in the Plains States Region
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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 Entrepreneurial Studies Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Entrepreneurship is the 158th most popular major in the country with 8,484 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Plains States region, there were 568 entrepreneurship graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 24 entrepreneurship graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,723 and $22,140 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Entrepreneurial Studies Major in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 9 colleges that offered a degree in entrepreneurship. That schools that top this list have a program in entrepreneurship in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Entrepreneurial Studies Major in the Plains States Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region associate degree entrepreneurial studies students.
Top 9 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Entrepreneurship in the Plains States Region
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Entrepreneurial Studies Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Southeast Technical College landed the #1 spot on the list. Southeast Technical College is a small school located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota that handed out 8 associates’s entrepreneurial studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.9% 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%.
Full Southeast Tech Entrepreneurship Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Minnesota State Community and Technical College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Entrepreneurial Studies Major in the Plains States Region. Minnesota State Community and Technical College is a public institution located in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 7 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Entrepreneurship at Minnesota State Community and Technical College
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Iowa Area Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Entrepreneurial Studies Major in the Plains States Region list. This small school is located in Mason City, Iowa, and it awarded 4 associates’s entrepreneurial studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Full North Iowa Area Community College Entrepreneurship Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Hennepin Community College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Entrepreneurial Studies Major in the Plains States Region. Located in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, this medium-sized public school handed out 3 diplomas to qualified associates’s entrepreneurial studies students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southeastern Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Entrepreneurial Studies Major in the Plains States Region list. Southeastern Community College is a public institution located in West Burlington, Iowa. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Entrepreneurship at Southeastern Community College
Hennepin Technical College ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Entrepreneurial Studies Major in the Plains States Region list. Hennepin Technical College is a small public school situated in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota. It awarded 1 associates’s entrepreneurial studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Entrepreneurship at Hennepin Technical College
North Dakota State College of Science ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Entrepreneurial Studies Major in the Plains States Region list. Located in Wahpeton, North Dakota, this small public school awarded 0 diplomas to qualified associates’s entrepreneurial studies students in 2020-2021.
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Dakota Wesleyan University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Entrepreneurial Studies Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Dakota Wesleyan University is located in Mitchell, South Dakota and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 associates’s entrepreneurial studies degrees to qualified students.
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%.
Read full report on Entrepreneurship at Dakota Wesleyan University
Missouri Valley College ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Entrepreneurial Studies Major in the Plains States Region list. Missouri Valley College is located in Marshall, Missouri and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 associates’s entrepreneurial studies degrees to qualified students.
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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
- *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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