2023 Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Science Technologies / Technicians 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 “Most Well Attended Science Tech Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2020-2021, 6,451 people earned their degree in science technologies / technicians, making the major the 37th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, science technologies / technicians graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $49,830 and had an average of $16,121 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Plains States region, there were 192 science technologies / technicians graduates with average earnings and debt of $50,350 and $12,656 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 1 science technologies / technicians graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,046 and $29,021 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Science Tech Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in science technologies / technicians. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in science technologies / technicians.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Most Well Attended Science Tech Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Most Well Attended Science Tech Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Science Tech Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s”.

Top 2 Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Science Technologies / Technicians in the Plains States Region

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William Jewell College
Liberty, Missouri

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend William Jewell College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Science Tech Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s list. This small school is located in Liberty, Missouri, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s science tech degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Science Technologies / Technicians at William Jewell

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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.