2023 Most Focused Colleges for Surveying Technology/Surveying in the Plains States Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools Highly Focused on Surveying Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Surveying Technology/Surveying is the 602nd most popular major in the country with 813 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Plains States region, there were 46 surveying technology/surveying graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Surveying Major in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in surveying technology/surveying. That schools that top this list have a program in surveying technology/surveying in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools Highly Focused on Surveying Major in the Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region surveying students.

Top 5 Most Focused Colleges for Surveying Technology/Surveying in the Plains States Region

1

Southeast Technical College
Sioux Falls, South Dakota

$39,912 Average Early-Career Earnings

$20,838 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southeast Technical College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools Highly Focused on Surveying Major in the Plains States Region. Southeast Technical College is a small public school situated in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. It awarded 9 ’s surveying degrees 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%.

Full Southeast Tech Surveying Technology/Surveying Report

2

Bismarck State College
Bismarck, North Dakota

$55,404 Average Early-Career Earnings

$12,497 Average Student Debt

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Surveying Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Bismarck State College landed the #2 spot on the list. Bismarck, North Dakota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s surveying degrees to 13 students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Surveying Technology/Surveying at BSC

3

Saint Cloud State University
Saint Cloud, Minnesota

$45,870 Average Early-Career Earnings

$25,347 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Saint Cloud State University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools Highly Focused on Surveying Major in the Plains States Region. Saint Cloud State University is a fairly large public school situated in Saint Cloud, Minnesota. It awarded 13 ’s surveying degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.6% 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 Saint Cloud State University Surveying Technology/Surveying Report

4

Vermilion Community College
Ely, Minnesota

$18,500 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Vermilion Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Surveying Major in the Plains States Region list. Located in Ely, Minnesota, this small public school awarded 0 degrees to qualified ’s surveying students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Surveying Technology/Surveying at Vermilion Community College

4

Butler Community College
El Dorado, Kansas

$30,089 Average Early-Career Earnings

$17,518 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Butler Community College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools Highly Focused on Surveying Major in the Plains States Region. Located in El Dorado, Kansas, this medium-sized public school awarded 0 degrees to qualified ’s surveying students in 2020-2021.

Full Butler Community College Surveying Technology/Surveying 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.

Credits

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