2022 Best Value Lineworker Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region

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 “Best Value Lineworker Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Lineworker is the 734th most popular major in the country with 2,120 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 474 lineworker graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 53 lineworker graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,508 and $17,812 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Lineworker Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in lineworker. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent lineworker programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the lineworker program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Lineworker Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Lineworker Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Lineworker Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region.

Top 3 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Lineworker in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Ivy Tech Community College

Indianapolis, Indiana

#1 in overall quality

$6,919 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Lineworker Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Ivy Tech Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Indianapolis, Indiana is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s lineworker degrees to 26 students in 2019-2020.

Ivy Tech Community College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Lineworker Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Ivy Tech Community College is $6,919 for Great Lakes Region Associate Degree Lineworker students.

Full Ivy Tech Community College Lineworker Report

#2

Alpena Community College

Alpena, Michigan

#3 in overall quality

$3,334 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Alpena Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Lineworker Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region list. Alpena, Michigan is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s lineworker degrees to 24 students in 2019-2020.

Alpena Community College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Lineworker Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Alpena Community College is $3,334 for Great Lakes Region Associate Degree Lineworker students.

Read more about Lineworker at Alpena Community College

#3

Lansing Community College

Lansing, Michigan

#2 in overall quality

$4,828 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lansing Community College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Lineworker Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region. Lansing, Michigan is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s lineworker degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

LCC also made our “Best Lineworker Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for LCC is $4,828 for Great Lakes Region Associate Degree Lineworker students.

Read more about Lineworker at Lansing Community College

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Lineworker

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

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Fran Hogan.

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