2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Building/Property Maintenance (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Building/Property Maintenance Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 1,543 people earned their degree in building/property maintenance, making the major the 786th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 300 building/property maintenance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 44 building/property maintenance graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Building/Property Maintenance Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in building/property maintenance. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent building/property maintenance programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the building/property maintenance program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 “Best Value Building/Property Maintenance Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Building/Property Maintenance Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region associate degree building/property maintenance students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 3 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Building/Property Maintenance (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Texas State Technical College

Waco, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$9,067 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas State Technical College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Building/Property Maintenance Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Waco, Texas, this fairly large public school handed out 10 diplomas to qualified associates’s building/property maintenance students in 2019-2020.

TSTC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Building/Property Maintenance Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Texas State Technical College is $9,067 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Building/Property Maintenance students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read more about Building/Property Maintenance at TSTC

#2

Pima Community College

Tucson, Arizona

#2 in overall quality

$3,417 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Building/Property Maintenance Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Pima Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Pima County Community College District is a public institution located in Tucson, Arizona. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 10 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Pima County Community College District, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Building/Property Maintenance Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Pima Community College is $3,417 for southwest region associate degree building/property maintenance students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read full report on Building/Property Maintenance at Pima County Community College District

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Building/Property Maintenance (Income $30-$48k)

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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