2023 Most Focused Colleges for Power Plant Technology in the Middle Atlantic Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Schools Highly Focused on Power Plant Technology Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Power Plant Technology is the 1017th most popular major in the country with 101 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 53 power plant technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Power Plant Technology Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in power plant technology. That schools that top this list have a program in power plant technology in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Schools Highly Focused on Power Plant Technology Major in the Middle Atlantic Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region power plant technology students.

Top 2 Most Focused Colleges for Power Plant Technology in the Middle Atlantic Region

1

Williamson College of the Trades
Media, Pennsylvania

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Power Plant Technology Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Williamson College of the Trades landed the #1 spot on the list. Williamson College of the Trades is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Media, Pennsylvania. It awarded 12 ’s power plant technology degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Power Plant Technology at Williamson College of the Trades

2

Excelsior College
Albany, New York

$58,705 Average Early-Career Earnings

$17,899 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Excelsior College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Power Plant Technology Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Excelsior College is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Albany, New York. It awarded 41 ’s power plant technology degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.7% 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 Excelsior College Power Plant Technology Report

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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.