by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Engineering Technology Major in the Plains States Region for an Associate” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Engineering Technology is the 203rd most popular major in the country with 4,500 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Plains States region, there were 251 engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 46 engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,723 and $22,140 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Engineering Technology Major in the Plains States Region for an Associate” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in engineering technology. To top this list, a school must have a successful engineering technology program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Engineering Technology Major in the Plains States Region for an Associate”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Metropolitan Community College - Kansas City. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Engineering Technology Major in the Plains States Region for an Associate. Metropolitan Community College - Kansas City is a fairly large school located in Kansas City, Missouri that handed out 16 associates’s engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 8 schools in the Most Well Attended Engineering Technology Major in the Plains States Region for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Kansas State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Kansas State University is a large school located in Manhattan, Kansas that handed out 9 associates’s engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bismarck State College. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Engineering Technology Major in the Plains States Region for an Associate. Bismarck State College is a small public school situated in Bismarck, North Dakota. It awarded 6 associates’s engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Century College. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended Engineering Technology Major in the Plains States Region for an Associate. Located in White Bear Lake, Minnesota, this medium-sized public school handed out 5 degrees to qualified associates’s engineering tech students in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 8 schools in the Most Well Attended Engineering Technology Major in the Plains States Region for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Iowa Central Community College landed the #4 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Fort Dodge, Iowa, and it awarded 5 associates’s engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Engineering Technology at Iowa Central Community College
Dordt University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Engineering Technology Major in the Plains States Region for an Associate ranking. Sioux Center, Iowa is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out associates’s engineering tech degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Engineering Technology at Dordt University
Lincoln University did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Technology Major in the Plains States Region for an Associate ranking, coming in at #7. Jefferson City, Missouri is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s engineering tech degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
Saint Louis Community College did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Technology Major in the Plains States Region for an Associate ranking, coming in at #8. Saint Louis Community College is located in Saint Louis, Missouri and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 associates’s engineering tech degrees to qualified students.
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