2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Nuclear Engineering Technology in the Plains States Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Nuclear Engineering Tech Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Nuclear Engineering Technology is the 789th most popular major in the country with 220 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Plains States region, there were 3 nuclear engineering technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 3 nuclear engineering technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,723 and $22,140 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Nuclear Engineering Tech Major in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in nuclear engineering technology/technician. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in nuclear engineering technology/technician.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Nuclear Engineering Tech Major in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Nuclear Engineering Tech Major in the Plains States Region”.

Top 2 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Nuclear Engineering Technology in the Plains States Region

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Bismarck State College
Bismarck, North Dakota

Top 10% overall quality in Plains States

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Nuclear Engineering Tech Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Bismarck State College landed the #1 spot on the list. Bismarck State College is a public institution located in Bismarck, North Dakota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Bismarck State College Nuclear Engineering Technology Report

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Alexandria Technical & Community College
Alexandria, Minnesota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Alexandria Technical & Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Nuclear Engineering Tech Major in the Plains States Region list. Located in Alexandria, Minnesota, this small public school awarded 0 degrees to qualified associates’s nuclear engineering tech students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Nuclear Engineering Technology at Alexandria Technical & Community College

• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Nuclear 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.