If you plan on getting your associate degree in entrepreneurial studies, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #107 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
College Factual reviewed 2 schools in the Plains States Region to determine which ones were the best for associate degree seekers in the field of entrepreneurial studies. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 45 associate degrees in entrepreneurial studies during the 2022-2023 academic year.
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Early-Career Earnings
Average early-career salary of those graduating with their associate degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. That is, everyone wants their associate degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to entrepreneurial studies students as compared to other majors.
Major Demand - The number of entrepreneurial studies students who choose to seek a associate degree at the school.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Student Debt - How easy is it for entrepreneurial studies to pay back their student loans after receiving their associate degree.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized entrepreneurial studies related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for entrepreneurial studies students working on their associate degree.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Entrepreneurial Studies Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list to help you make the college decision.
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Hutchinson Community College is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting an associate degree in entrepreneurial studies. Located in the town of Hutchinson, Hutchinson Community College is a public college with a small student population.
Associate graduates who receive their degree from the entrepreneurship program earn an average of $34,937 in their early career salary.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
by our College Data Analytics Team