2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for General Science Technologies/Technicians

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Science Tech Major” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

General Science Technologies/Technicians is the 349th most popular major in the country with 60 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, general science technologies/technicians graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $60,154 and had an average of $13,084 in loans still to pay off.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 40 general science technologies/technicians graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,806 and $19,336 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Science Tech Major” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in general science technologies/technicians. That schools that top this list have a program in general science technologies/technicians in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Science Tech Major

The colleges and universities below are the best for associate degree science tech students.

Top 7 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for General Science Technologies/Technicians

1

Great Basin College
Elko, Nevada

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Great Basin College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Science Tech Major list. Elko, Nevada is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s science tech degrees to 20 students in 2020-2021.

Full Great Basin College General Science Technologies/Technicians Report

2

College of Western Idaho
Nampa, Idaho

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend College of Western Idaho. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Science Tech Major list. This fairly large school is located in Nampa, Idaho, and it awarded 10 associates’s science tech degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about General Science Technologies/Technicians at CWI

3

Delgado Community College
New Orleans, Louisiana

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Delgado Community College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Science Tech Major. Delgado Community College is a public institution located in New Orleans, Louisiana. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 5 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about General Science Technologies/Technicians at Delgado Community College

4

Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, New York

Top 5% overall quality in United States

Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Science Tech Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Rochester Institute of Technology landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Rochester, New York, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 3 degrees to qualified associates’s science tech students in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.9% 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%.

Full Rochester Institute of Technology General Science Technologies/Technicians Report

5

Saint Paul College
Saint Paul, Minnesota

Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Science Tech Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Paul College landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, this medium-sized public school awarded 1 degrees to qualified associates’s science tech students in 2020-2021.

Full Saint Paul College General Science Technologies/Technicians Report

6

Washburn University
Topeka, Kansas

Top 15% overall quality in United States

With a ranking of #6, Washburn University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Science Tech Major list. Located in Topeka, Kansas, this medium-sized public school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified associates’s science tech students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on General Science Technologies/Technicians at Washburn University

7

Tompkins Cortland Community College
Dryden, New York

Tompkins Cortland Community College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Science Tech Major ranking, coming in at #7. Tompkins Cortland is a small public school situated in Dryden, New York. It awarded 0 associates’s science tech degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Tompkins Cortland Community College General Science Technologies/Technicians Report

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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