2022 Best Value AE Tech Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 AE Tech Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Architectural Engineering Technology is the 405th most popular major in the country with 1,336 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 50 architectural engineering technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 25 architectural engineering technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,689 and $18,419 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value AE Tech Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in architectural engineering technology/technician. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great architectural engineering technology/technician programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the architectural engineering technology/technician program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value AE Tech Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value AE Tech Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Architectural Engineering Technology in the Far Western US Region

#1

Clover Park Technical College

Lakewood, Washington

#1 in overall quality

$7,904 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Clover Park Technical College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value AE Tech Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region list. Clover Park Technical College is a small public school situated in Lakewood, Washington. It awarded 20 associates’s AE tech degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our far western us region associate degree ae tech students list, CPTC has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Architectural Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend CPTC is $7,904 for far western us region associate degree ae tech students.

Full CPTC Architectural Engineering Technology Report

#2

University of Alaska Anchorage

Anchorage, Alaska

#2 in overall quality

$12,995 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Alaska Anchorage. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value AE Tech Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region. University of Alaska Anchorage is a fairly large public school situated in Anchorage, Alaska. It awarded 4 associates’s AE tech degrees in 2019-2020.

UAA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Architectural Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Alaska Anchorage is $12,995 for Far Western US Region Associate Degree AE Tech students.

Read full report on Architectural Engineering Technology at UAA

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Architectural Engineering Technology

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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