2022 Best Value Colleges for Lineworker (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Lineworker Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 2,120 people earned their degree in lineworker, making the major the 734th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 241 lineworker graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality lineworker programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the lineworker 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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The lineworker 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 Lineworker Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k”.

One of our other unique offerings is College Combat. This tool lets you build your own customized comparisons utilizing the factors that are most important to you. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.

Best Value Lineworker Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Lineworker Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Colleges for Lineworker (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Texas State Technical College

Waco, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$9,067 Average Net Price

$34,548 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Lineworker Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas State Technical College landed the #1 spot on the list. Waco, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s lineworker degrees to 130 students in 2019-2020.

TSTC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Lineworker Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $9,067 for Southwest Region Lineworker students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend TSTC.

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• Best Value Colleges for Lineworker (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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