2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Instrumentation Technology in California

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 Instrumentation Tech Major in California” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Instrumentation Technology is the 391st most popular major in the country with 2,720 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across California, there were 3 instrumentation technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 1 instrumentation technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,972 and $17,699 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Instrumentation Tech Major in California” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in instrumentation technology/technician. That schools that top this list have a program in instrumentation technology/technician in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Instrumentation Tech Major in California

The colleges and universities below are the best for california associate degree instrumentation tech students.

Top 2 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Instrumentation Technology in California

1

Merced College
Merced, California

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Instrumentation Tech Major in California that were part of this year’s ranking, Merced College landed the #1 spot on the list. Merced College is located in Merced, California and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 associates’s instrumentation tech degrees to qualified students.

Read more about Instrumentation Technology at Merced Community College District

2

Chaffey College
Rancho Cucamonga, California

Top 15% overall quality in California

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Chaffey College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Instrumentation Tech Major in California list. Located in Rancho Cucamonga, California, this fairly large public school handed out 0 diplomas to qualified associates’s instrumentation tech students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Instrumentation Technology at Chaffey College

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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.