2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Precision Systems Major in the Plains States Region

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Precision Systems Maintenance is the 241st most popular major in the country with 1,932 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, precision systems maintenance graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $39,356 and had an average of $13,997 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Plains States region, there were 145 precision systems maintenance graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,341 and $11,150 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 54 precision systems maintenance graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,723 and $22,140 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Precision Systems Major in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in precision systems maintenance. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in precision systems maintenance.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Precision Systems Major in the Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region associate degree precision systems students.

Top 6 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Precision Systems Maintenance in the Plains States Region

1

Pine Technical & Community College
Pine City, Minnesota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pine Technical & Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Precision Systems Major in the Plains States Region list. Pine Technical & Community College is a small public school situated in Pine City, Minnesota. It awarded 14 associates’s precision systems degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Pine Technical & Community College Precision Systems Maintenance Report

2

Minnesota State College Southeast
Winona, Minnesota

Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Precision Systems Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Minnesota State College Southeast landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Winona, Minnesota, this small public school awarded 14 diplomas to qualified associates’s precision systems students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Precision Systems Maintenance at MSC Southeast

3

North Central Missouri College
Trenton, Missouri

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Central Missouri College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Precision Systems Major in the Plains States Region. Trenton, Missouri is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s precision systems degrees to 11 students in 2020-2021.

Full NCMC Precision Systems Maintenance Report

4

Marshalltown Community College
Marshalltown, Iowa

$32,037 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Marshalltown Community College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Precision Systems Major in the Plains States Region. Marshalltown Community College is a small public school situated in Marshalltown, Iowa. It awarded 5 associates’s precision systems degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Precision Systems Maintenance at Marshalltown Community College

5

Western Iowa Tech Community College
Sioux City, Iowa

Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Precision Systems Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Iowa Tech Community College landed the #5 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Sioux City, Iowa, and it awarded 10 associates’s precision systems degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Western Iowa Tech Community College Precision Systems Maintenance Report

6

Metropolitan Community College
Omaha, Nebraska

Top 15% overall quality in Plains States

Metropolitan Community College ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Precision Systems Major in the Plains States Region list. MCC is a fairly large school located in Omaha, Nebraska that handed out 0 associates’s precision systems degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 5.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Metropolitan Community College Precision Systems Maintenance Report

• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Precision Systems Maintenance

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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