2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Architectural Engineering Technology in the Southeast Region
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value AE Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Architectural Engineering Technology is the 228th most popular major in the country with 1,336 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, architectural engineering technology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $49,833 and had an average of $22,511 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southeast region, there were 435 architectural engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,600 and $16,149 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 126 architectural engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,631 and $18,547 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value AE Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 9 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in architectural engineering technology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great architectural engineering technology 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 program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Best Value AE Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region associate degree ae tech students.
Top 9 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Architectural Engineering Technology in the Southeast Region
Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value AE Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Midlands Technical College landed the #1 spot on the list. MTC is a medium-sized school located in West Columbia, South Carolina that handed out 9 associates’s AE tech degrees in 2019-2020.
MTC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Architectural Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for MTC is $4,974 for southeast region associate degree ae tech students.
Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value AE Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Delgado Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Delgado Community College is a fairly large public school situated in New Orleans, Louisiana. It awarded 9 associates’s AE tech degrees in 2019-2020.
Delgado Community College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Architectural Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $10,017 for Southeast Region Associate Degree AE Tech students per year to attend Delgado Community College.
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Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value AE Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Kentucky University landed the #3 spot on the list. NKU is located in Highland Heights, Kentucky and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 14 associates’s AE tech degrees to qualified students.
NKU also took the #1 spot in our “Best Architectural Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $9,049 for Southeast Region Associate Degree AE Tech students per year to attend Northern Kentucky University.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Greenville Technical College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value AE Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region. Greenville Technical College is a public institution located in Greenville, South Carolina. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 5 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.
GTC also made our “Best Architectural Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend Greenville Technical College is $7,016 for Southeast Region Associate Degree AE Tech students.
Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value AE Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Nashville State Community College landed the #5 spot on the list. Nashville, Tennessee is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s AE tech degrees to 10 students in 2019-2020.
Nashville State Community College also made our “Best Architectural Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #5. It costs about $7,669 for Southeast Region Associate Degree AE Tech students per year to attend Nashville State Community College.
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With a ranking of #6, Guilford Technical Community College did quite well on the 2022 Best Value AE Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region list. Guilford Technical Community College is located in Jamestown, North Carolina and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 associates’s AE tech degrees to qualified students.
Guilford Technical Community College also took the #8 spot in our “Best Architectural Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Guilford Technical Community College is $8,584 for Southeast Region Associate Degree AE Tech students.
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With a ranking of #7, Wake Technical Community College did quite well on the 2022 Best Value AE Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region list. Wake Technical Community College is a large public school situated in Raleigh, North Carolina. It awarded 6 associates’s AE tech degrees in 2019-2020.
Wake Technical Community College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Architectural Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $6,876 for southeast region associate degree ae tech students per year to attend Wake Technical Community College.
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Wilkes Community College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value AE Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region ranking. Wilkes Community College is a small public school situated in Wilkesboro, North Carolina. It awarded 3 associates’s AE tech degrees in 2019-2020.
Wilkes Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #9 on our “Best Architectural Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Wilkes Community College is $2,520 for Southeast Region Associate Degree AE Tech students.
With a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
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Fairmont State University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value AE Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #9. Fairmont State is a public institution located in Fairmont, West Virginia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.
Fairmont State also took the #6 spot in our “Best Architectural Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $10,161 for southeast region associate degree ae tech students per year to attend Fairmont State University.
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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%.
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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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