2023 Best Value AE Tech Schools in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 AE Tech Schools in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2020-2021, 1,290 people earned their degree in architectural engineering technology/technician, making the major the 427th most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 45 architectural engineering technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value AE Tech Schools in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in architectural engineering technology/technician. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality architectural engineering technology/technician 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 architectural engineering technology/technician program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value AE Tech Schools in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value AE Tech Schools in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Architectural Engineering Technology (Income $48-$75k) in the Plains States Region

1

Ranken Technical College
Saint Louis, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$14,440 Average Net Price

$42,629 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value AE Tech Schools in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Ranken Technical College landed the #1 spot on the list. Saint Louis, Missouri is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s AE tech degrees to 16 students in 2020-2021.

Ranken Technical College also took the #1 spot in our “Best Architectural Engineering Technology Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Ranken Technical College is $14,440 for Plains States Region AE Tech students whose families make $48-$75k.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Architectural Engineering Technology at Ranken Technical College

2

Southeast Technical College
Sioux Falls, South Dakota

#2 in overall quality

$16,294 Average Net Price

$39,912 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value AE Tech Schools in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Southeast Technical College landed the #2 spot on the list. Sioux Falls, South Dakota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s AE tech degrees to 14 students in 2020-2021.

Southeast Tech also made our “Best Architectural Engineering Technology Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend Southeast Tech is $16,294 for Plains States Region AE Tech students whose families make $48-$75k.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Architectural Engineering Technology at Southeast Technical College

• Best Value Colleges for Architectural Engineering Technology (Income $48-$75k)

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.