2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Architectural Engineering Technology in the Far Western US Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on AE Tech Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Architectural Engineering Technology is the 238th most popular major in the country with 1,290 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, architectural engineering technology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $48,535 and had an average of $22,395 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 26 architectural engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 15 architectural engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,803 and $17,868 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on AE Tech Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in architectural engineering technology. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in architectural engineering technology.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on AE Tech Major in the Far Western US Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on AE Tech Major in the Far Western US Region”.

Top 4 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Architectural Engineering Technology in the Far Western US Region

1

Clover Park Technical College
Lakewood, Washington

Top 10% overall quality in Far Western US

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Clover Park Technical College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on AE Tech Major in the Far Western US Region list. CPTC is a small public school situated in Lakewood, Washington. It awarded 15 associates’s AE tech degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Architectural Engineering Technology at Clover Park Technical College

2

Mt. Hood Community College
Gresham, Oregon

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mt. Hood Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on AE Tech Major in the Far Western US Region list. MHCC is a medium-sized school located in Gresham, Oregon that handed out 0 associates’s AE tech degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Architectural Engineering Technology at MHCC

2

Bates Technical College
Tacoma, Washington

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bates Technical College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on AE Tech Major in the Far Western US Region list. Bates Technical College is a public institution located in Tacoma, Washington. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Architectural Engineering Technology at Bates Technical College

2

University of Alaska Anchorage
Anchorage, Alaska

Top 20% overall quality in Far Western US

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Alaska Anchorage. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on AE Tech Major in the Far Western US Region list. Located in Anchorage, Alaska, this fairly large public school handed out 0 diplomas to qualified associates’s AE tech students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full UAA Architectural Engineering Technology Report

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.