2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Tool and Die Tech Major in the Plains States Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Tool and Die Tech Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 584 people earned their degree in tool and die technology/technician, making the major the 810th most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 65 tool and die technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 22 tool and die 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 Tool and Die Tech Major in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in tool and die technology/technician. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their tool and die technology/technician program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Tool and Die Tech Major in the Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region associate degree tool and die tech students.

Top 4 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Tool & Die Technology/Technician in the Plains States Region

1

North Iowa Area Community College
Mason City, Iowa

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Tool and Die Tech Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, North Iowa Area Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. North Iowa Area Community College is a small school located in Mason City, Iowa that handed out 5 associates’s tool and die tech degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Tool & Die Technology/Technician at North Iowa Area Community College

2

Marshalltown Community College
Marshalltown, Iowa

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Marshalltown Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Tool and Die Tech Major in the Plains States Region. Marshalltown Community College is a public institution located in Marshalltown, Iowa. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Marshalltown Community College Tool & Die Technology/Technician Report

3

Des Moines Area Community College
Ankeny, Iowa

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Des Moines Area Community College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Tool and Die Tech Major in the Plains States Region. Des Moines Area Community College is a public institution located in Ankeny, Iowa. The school has a large population, and it awarded 13 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Tool & Die Technology/Technician at Des Moines Area Community College

4

Hennepin Technical College
Brooklyn Park, Minnesota

Top 10% overall quality in Plains States

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hennepin Technical College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Tool and Die Tech Major in the Plains States Region list. Located in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, this small public school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified associates’s tool and die tech students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Tool & Die Technology/Technician at Hennepin Technical College

• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Tool & Die Technology/Technician

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.