2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Laser & Optical Technology 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 Laser and Optical Tech Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 181 people earned their degree in laser and optical technology/technician, making the major the 1025th most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 30 laser and optical technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 27 laser and optical technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,723 and $22,140 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Laser and Optical Tech Major in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in laser and optical technology/technician. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in laser and optical technology/technician.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Laser and Optical Tech Major in the Plains States Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Laser and Optical Tech Major in the Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region associate degree laser and optical tech students.

Top 2 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Laser & Optical Technology in the Plains States Region

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Indian Hills Community College
Ottumwa, Iowa

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Laser and Optical Tech Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Indian Hills Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Indian Hills Community College is a small school located in Ottumwa, Iowa that handed out 27 associates’s laser and optical techn degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Laser & Optical Technology at Indian Hills Community College

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Iowa Western Community College
Council Bluffs, Iowa

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Iowa Western Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Laser and Optical Tech Major in the Plains States Region list. Iowa Western Community College is a medium-sized public school situated in Council Bluffs, Iowa. It awarded 3 associates’s laser and optical techn degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Laser & Optical Technology at Iowa Western Community College

• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Laser & Optical Technology

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.