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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Architectural Engineering Technology

12 Ranked Colleges
419 Degrees Awarded
$16,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value AE Tech Schools for a Bachelor's

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 a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 419 architectural engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value AE Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 12 colleges that offered a degree 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the architectural engineering technology program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value AE Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value AE Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s.

Top 12 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Architectural Engineering Technology

#1

Ferris State University

Big Rapids, Michigan
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ferris State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value AE Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Ferris State University is located in Big Rapids, Michigan and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 16 bachelors’s AE tech degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree ae tech students list, Ferris has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Architectural Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $12,889 for Bachelor’s Degree AE Tech students per year to attend Ferris State University.

Full Ferris Architectural Engineering Technology Report

#2

University of Southern Mississippi

Hattiesburg, Mississippi

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Southern Mississippi. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value AE Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s. This fairly large school is located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and it awarded 75 bachelors’s AE tech degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Southern Miss, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Architectural Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $14,923 for Bachelor’s Degree AE Tech students per year to attend University of Southern Mississippi.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Seminole State College of Florida. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value AE Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Seminole State College of Florida is located in Sanford, Florida and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 22 bachelors’s AE tech degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree ae tech students list, Seminole State has also earned the #9 rank in our “Best Architectural Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Seminole State College of Florida is $8,326 for Bachelor’s Degree AE Tech students.

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#4

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, Indiana

Out of the 12 schools in the Best Value AE Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Purdue University - Main Campus landed the #4 spot on the list. Purdue University - Main Campus is a large school located in West Lafayette, Indiana that handed out 163 bachelors’s AE tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Purdue also made our “Best Architectural Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for Purdue is $13,986 for Bachelor’s Degree AE Tech students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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#5

Ranken Technical College

Saint Louis, Missouri
#8 in overall quality

Out of the 12 schools in the Best Value AE Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Ranken Technical College landed the #5 spot on the list. Ranken Technical College is a small school located in Saint Louis, Missouri that handed out 4 bachelors’s AE tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Ranken Technical College also made our “Best Architectural Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #8. It costs about $15,933 for bachelor’s degree ae tech students per year to attend Ranken Technical College.

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#6

Farmingdale State College

Farmingdale, New York

Farmingdale State College landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value AE Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. SUNY College of Technology at Farmingdale is a fairly large school located in Farmingdale, New York that handed out 33 bachelors’s AE tech degrees in 2019-2020.

SUNY College of Technology at Farmingdale did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Architectural Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Farmingdale State College is $8,638 for Bachelor’s Degree AE Tech students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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#7

Alfred State College

Alfred, New York

Alfred State College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value AE Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Alfred State College is a small public school situated in Alfred, New York. It awarded 13 bachelors’s AE tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Alfred State also made our “Best Architectural Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #10. It costs about $16,630 for bachelor’s degree ae tech students per year to attend Alfred State College.

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#8

Fairmont State University

Fairmont, West Virginia
#12 in overall quality

Fairmont State University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value AE Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Fairmont State University is a small school located in Fairmont, West Virginia that handed out 8 bachelors’s AE tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Fairmont State also made our “Best Architectural Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #12. The estimated yearly cost for Fairmont State is $10,161 for Bachelor’s Degree AE Tech students.

Full Fairmont State Architectural Engineering Technology Report

Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value AE Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Indianapolis, Indiana is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s AE tech degrees to 29 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at IUPUI, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Architectural Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for IUPUI is $11,285 for bachelor’s degree ae tech students.

Full IUPUI Architectural Engineering Technology Report

#10

New England Institute of Technology

East Greenwich, Rhode Island

With a ranking of #10, New England Institute of Technology did quite well on the 2022 Best Value AE Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Located in East Greenwich, Rhode Island, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 16 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s AE tech students in 2019-2020.

New England Tech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Architectural Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend New England Tech is $31,690 for bachelor’s degree ae tech students.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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#11

Vermont Technical College

Randolph, Vermont

Vermont Technical College came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Best Value AE Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Vermont Tech is a small school located in Randolph, Vermont that handed out 5 bachelors’s AE tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Vermont Tech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #11 on our “Best Architectural Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Vermont Technical College is $20,684 for Bachelor’s Degree AE Tech students.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Full Vermont Technical College Architectural Engineering Technology Report

#12

University of Hartford

West Hartford, Connecticut

University of Hartford landed the #12 spot on the 2022 Best Value AE Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. West Hartford, Connecticut is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s AE tech degrees to 35 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree ae tech students list, UHart has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Architectural Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Hartford is $28,541 for Bachelor’s Degree AE Tech students.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read more about Architectural Engineering Technology at UHart

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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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