2023 Schools Highly Focused on Nanotech Major in the Plains States Region

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Nanotechnology is the 340th most popular major in the country with 114 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, nanotechnology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $0 and had an average of $0 in loans still to pay off.

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

This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Nanotech Major in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in nanotechnology. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their nanotechnology program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools Highly Focused on Nanotech Major in the Plains States Region

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

Top 2 Most Focused 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 join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. The school came in at #1 for the Schools Highly Focused on Nanotech Major in the Plains States Region. South Dakota School of Mines and Technology is located in Rapid City, South Dakota and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 ’s nanotech degrees to qualified students.

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 SD Mines

2

Dakota County Technical College
Rosemount, Minnesota

$46,125 Average Early-Career Earnings

$13,918 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Dakota County Technical College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools Highly Focused on Nanotech Major in the Plains States Region. DCTC is a small school located in Rosemount, Minnesota that handed out 0 ’s nanotech degrees in 2020-2021.

Full DCTC Nanotechnology 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.

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