2023 Most Popular Colleges for Nanotechnology in the Plains States Region

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In 2020-2021, 114 people earned their degree in nanotechnology, making the major the 965th most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 2 nanotechnology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Nanotech Major in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in nanotechnology. To top this list, a school must have a successful nanotechnology program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

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Most Well Attended Nanotech Major in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Nanotech Major in the Plains States Region”.

Top 2 Most Popular Colleges for Nanotechnology in the Plains States Region

1

South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
Rapid City, South Dakota

$64,929 Average Early-Career Earnings

$28,357 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Nanotech Major in the Plains States Region list. South Dakota School of Mines and Technology is a public institution located in Rapid City, South Dakota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.7% 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 full report on Nanotechnology at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

2

Dakota County Technical College
Rosemount, Minnesota

$46,125 Average Early-Career Earnings

$13,918 Average Student Debt

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Nanotech Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Dakota County Technical College landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Rosemount, Minnesota, this small public school handed out 0 degrees to qualified ’s nanotech students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Nanotechnology at DCTC

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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.

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