2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Engineering in Kansas

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Kansas” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 198,468 engineering students received their degree, making the major the 7th most popular in the country. In 2019-2020, engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $68,653 and had an average of $23,855 in loans still to pay off.

Across Kansas, there were 1,622 engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $63,064 and $24,254 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 29 engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,801 and $22,074 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Kansas” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in engineering. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in engineering.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The engineering school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Kansas”.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Kansas

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Kansas”.

Top 6 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Engineering in Kansas

1

Dodge City Community College
Dodge City, Kansas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Dodge City Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Kansas. Dodge City Community College is a small school located in Dodge City, Kansas that handed out 6 associates’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

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2

Butler Community College
El Dorado, Kansas

#20 overall quality in Kansas

Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Kansas that were part of this year’s ranking, Butler Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Butler Community College is a medium-sized school located in El Dorado, Kansas that handed out 19 associates’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

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3

Washburn University
Topeka, Kansas

#16 overall quality in Kansas

Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Kansas that were part of this year’s ranking, Washburn University landed the #3 spot on the list. Washburn University is a medium-sized school located in Topeka, Kansas that handed out 3 associates’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

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4

Barton County Community College
Great Bend, Kansas

#17 overall quality in Kansas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Barton County Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Kansas list. Located in Great Bend, Kansas, this small public school handed out 1 degrees to qualified associates’s engineering students in 2020-2021.

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5

Highland Community College
Highland, Kansas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Highland Community College. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Kansas. Located in Highland, Kansas, this small public school awarded 0 degrees to qualified associates’s engineering students in 2020-2021.

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5

Rasmussen University - Kansas
Topeka, Kansas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rasmussen University - Kansas. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Kansas list. Topeka, Kansas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out associates’s engineering degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.

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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.

Credits

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