2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Chemical Technology/Technician in the Plains States Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Chem Tech Major in the Plains States Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Chemical Technology/Technician is the 360th most popular major in the country with 2,803 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Plains States region, there were 3 chemical technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 1 chemical technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,723 and $22,140 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Chem Tech Major in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in chemical technology/technician. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their chemical technology/technician program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Chem Tech Major in the Plains States Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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

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

Top 2 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Chemical Technology/Technician in the Plains States Region

1

University of South Dakota
Vermillion, South Dakota

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

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full USD Chemical Technology/Technician Report

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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 #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Chem Tech Major in the Plains States Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and it awarded 0 associates’s chem tech degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Chemical Technology/Technician at Saint Paul College

• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Chemical 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.