2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Architectural Technology/Technician

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Architectural Technology/Technician Schools for an Associate” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 780 people earned their degree in architectural technology/technician, making the major the 536th most popular in the United States.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 447 architectural technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Architectural Technology/Technician Schools for an Associate” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in architectural technology/technician. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent architectural technology/technician programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the architectural technology/technician program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The architectural technology/technician 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 “Best Value Architectural Technology/Technician Schools for an Associate”.

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Best Value Architectural Technology/Technician Schools for an Associate

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Architectural Technology/Technician Schools for an Associate.

Top 3 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Architectural Technology/Technician

#1

Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology

Lancaster, Pennsylvania

#2 in overall quality

$8,108 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Architectural Technology/Technician Schools for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 20 associates’s architectural technology/technician degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our associate degree architectural technology/technician students list, Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Architectural Technology/Technician Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology is $8,108 for Associate Degree Architectural Technology/Technician students.

Read full report on Architectural Technology/Technician at Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology

#2

Dunwoody College of Technology

Minneapolis, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$24,488 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Architectural Technology/Technician Schools for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Dunwoody College of Technology landed the #2 spot on the list. Minneapolis, Minnesota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out associates’s architectural technology/technician degrees to 21 students in 2019-2020.

Dunwoody College of Technology also took the #1 spot in our “Best Architectural Technology/Technician Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Dunwoody College of Technology is $24,488 for associate degree architectural technology/technician students.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Full Dunwoody College of Technology Architectural Technology/Technician Report

#3

Pennsylvania College of Technology

Williamsport, Pennsylvania

#3 in overall quality

$25,794 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pennsylvania College of Technology. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Architectural Technology/Technician Schools for an Associate list. Penn College is a small public school situated in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. It awarded 15 associates’s architectural technology/technician degrees in 2019-2020.

Penn College also made our “Best Architectural Technology/Technician Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #3. It costs about $25,794 for Associate Degree Architectural Technology/Technician students per year to attend Pennsylvania College of Technology.

Full Pennsylvania College of Technology Architectural Technology/Technician 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

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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.

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