2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Energy Systems Technologies Major 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 Energy Systems Technologies Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 1,256 people earned their degree in energy systems technologies, making the major the 263rd most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, energy systems technologies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $45,799 and had an average of $0 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Plains States region, there were 179 energy systems technologies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 84 energy systems technologies graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,723 and $22,140 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Energy Systems Technologies Major in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in energy systems technologies. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in energy systems technologies.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Energy Systems Technologies Major in the Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region associate degree energy systems technologies students.

Top 2 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Energy Systems Technologies in the Plains States Region

1

Flint Hills Technical College
Emporia, Kansas

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Energy Systems Technologies Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Flint Hills Technical College landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Emporia, Kansas, and it awarded 4 associates’s energy systems technologies degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.3% 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 Flint Hills Technical College Energy Systems Technologies Report

2

State Technical College of Missouri
Linn, Missouri

Top 20% overall quality in Plains States

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend State Technical College of Missouri. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Energy Systems Technologies Major in the Plains States Region list. Linn, Missouri is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s energy systems technologies degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.9% 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%.

Read more about Energy Systems Technologies at State Technical College of Missouri

• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Energy Systems Technologies

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.