2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Engineering Technology in Iowa

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Technology Major in Iowa” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Engineering Technology is the 203rd most popular major in the country with 4,500 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across Iowa, there were 9 engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 9 engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,340 and $19,937 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Technology Major in Iowa” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in engineering technology. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in engineering technology.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Technology Major in Iowa” list to help you make the college decision.

You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.

Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Technology Major in Iowa

The colleges and universities below are the best for iowa associate degree engineering technology students.

Top 2 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Engineering Technology in Iowa

1

Dordt University
Sioux Center, Iowa

#11 overall quality in Iowa

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Technology Major in Iowa that were part of this year’s ranking, Dordt University landed the #1 spot on the list. Dordt University is a small school located in Sioux Center, Iowa that handed out 4 associates’s engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Dordt University Engineering Technology Report

2

Iowa Central Community College
Fort Dodge, Iowa

#23 overall quality in Iowa

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Iowa Central Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Technology Major in Iowa list. Located in Fort Dodge, Iowa, this medium-sized public school awarded 5 diplomas to qualified associates’s engineering tech students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Engineering Technology at Iowa Central Community College

• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Engineering Technology in the Plains States Region
• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Engineering 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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to KUKA Systems GmbH.