2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Nanotechnology in Minnesota

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 “Best Value Nanotech Schools for an Associate in Minnesota” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Nanotechnology is the 335th most popular major in the country with 128 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, nanotechnology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $0 and had an average of $0 in loans still to pay off.

Across Minnesota, there were 1 nanotechnology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 1 nanotechnology graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,738 and $20,226 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent nanotechnology programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the nanotechnology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Nanotech Schools for an Associate in Minnesota” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Nanotech Schools for an Associate in Minnesota

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Nanotech Schools for an Associate in Minnesota.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Nanotechnology in Minnesota

#1

Dakota County Technical College

Rosemount, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$11,063 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Nanotech Schools for an Associate in Minnesota that were part of this year’s ranking, Dakota County Technical College landed the #1 spot on the list. DCTC is located in Rosemount, Minnesota and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 associates’s nanotech degrees to qualified students.

DCTC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Nanotechnology Associate Degree Schools in Minnesota” list. The yearly cost to attend DCTC is $11,063 for minnesota associate degree nanotech students.

Read full report on Nanotechnology at Dakota County Technical College

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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

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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