2022 Best Value AE Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 for an Associate in the Southwest Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 1,336 people earned their degree in architectural engineering technology/technician, making the major the 405th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 22 architectural engineering technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 9 architectural engineering technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value AE Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer 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 Southwest Region

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

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Architectural Engineering Technology in the Southwest Region

#1

Del Mar College

Corpus Christi, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$5,738 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value AE Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Del Mar College landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Corpus Christi, Texas, and it awarded 8 associates’s AE tech degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region associate degree ae tech students list, DMC has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Architectural Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $5,738 for Southwest Region Associate Degree AE Tech students per year to attend DMC.

Read full report on Architectural Engineering Technology at DMC

#2

Tarrant County College District

Fort Worth, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$5,434 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tarrant County College District. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value AE Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region list. Tarrant County College District is located in Fort Worth, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 associates’s AE tech degrees to qualified students.

Tarrant County College also took the #2 spot in our “Best Architectural Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Tarrant County College is $5,434 for Southwest Region Associate Degree AE Tech students.

Read more about Architectural Engineering Technology at Tarrant County College District

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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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