2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Science Tech Major in the Plains States Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Science Tech Major in the Plains States Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2020-2021, 60 people earned their degree in general science technologies/technicians, making the major the 349th most popular in the United States. 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.

Across the Plains States region, there were 2 general science technologies/technicians graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 2 general science technologies/technicians graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,723 and $22,140 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Science Tech Major in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general science technologies/technicians. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in general science technologies/technicians.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The science tech 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 Science Tech Major in the Plains States Region”.

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

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

Top 2 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for General Science Technologies/Technicians in the Plains States Region

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Saint Paul College
Saint Paul, Minnesota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Paul College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Science Tech Major in the Plains States Region list. Saint Paul College is a medium-sized school located in Saint Paul, Minnesota that handed out 1 associates’s science tech degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Saint Paul College General Science Technologies/Technicians Report

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Washburn University
Topeka, Kansas

Top 15% overall quality in Plains States

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Washburn University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Science Tech Major in the Plains States Region. This medium-sized school is located in Topeka, Kansas, and it awarded 1 associates’s science tech degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about General Science Technologies/Technicians at Washburn University

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

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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