2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Civil Engineering Technology in North Carolina

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 “Best Value Civil Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in North Carolina” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 1,344 people earned their degree in civil engineering technology/technician, making the major the 381st most popular in the United States.

Across North Carolina, there were 204 civil engineering technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 71 civil engineering technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,912 and $18,026 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Civil Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in North Carolina” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in civil engineering technology/technician. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great civil engineering technology/technician 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 civil engineering technology/technician program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Civil Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in North Carolina

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Civil Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in North Carolina.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Civil Engineering Technology in North Carolina

#1

Wake Technical Community College

Raleigh, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$6,876 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Civil Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Wake Technical Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Wake Technical Community College is a public institution located in Raleigh, North Carolina. The school has a large population, and it awarded 8 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Wake Technical Community College also took the #1 spot in our “Best Civil Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in North Carolina” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Wake Technical Community College is $6,876 for north carolina associate degree civil engineering tech students.

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#2

Guilford Technical Community College

Jamestown, North Carolina

#2 in overall quality

$8,584 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Guilford Technical Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Civil Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in North Carolina. Located in Jamestown, North Carolina, this fairly large public school handed out 8 diplomas to qualified associates’s civil engineering tech students in 2019-2020.

Guilford Technical Community College also made our “Best Civil Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in North Carolina” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $8,584 for North Carolina Associate Degree Civil Engineering Tech students per year to attend Guilford Technical Community College.

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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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