Power Plant Technology degree programs are on the lower end of the spectrum in terms of popularity. In fact, the major ranks #1017 out of the 1506 majors we look at each year. This may make is a little harder to find a school that is a good fit for you.
College Factual reviewed 3 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of power plant technology. Combined, these schools handed out 101 degrees in power plant technology to qualified students.
Your choice of power plant technology school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for power plant technology schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
The power plant technology school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Power Plant Technology Schools.
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Best Schools for Power Plant Technology in the United States
The schools below may not offer all types of power plant technology degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Any student pursuing a degree in power plant technology needs to check out Excelsior University. Excelsior University is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Albany. A Best Colleges rank of #337 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Excelsior University is a great university overall.
There were about 41 power plant technology students who graduated with this degree at Excelsior University in the most recent year we have data available.
It's hard to beat Maine Maritime Academy if you want to pursue a degree in power plant technology. Maine Maritime is a small public school located in the rural area of Castine. This school ranks 4th out of 19 colleges for overall quality in the state of Maine.
There were about 19 power plant technology students who graduated with this degree at Maine Maritime in the most recent year we have data available.
Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in power plant technology. OSU Institute of Technology is a small public university located in the town of Okmulgee. This university ranks 7th out of 32 schools for overall quality in the state of Oklahoma.
There were roughly 16 power plant technology students who graduated with this degree at OSU Institute of Technology in the most recent data year.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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Your choice of power plant technology school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for power plant technology schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
