2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Computer Technology/Computer Systems Technology in the Southeast Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Computer Systems Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 1,985 people earned their degree in computer technology/computer systems technology, making the major the 350th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 571 computer technology/computer systems technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 145 computer technology/computer systems technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,631 and $18,547 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Computer Systems Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in computer technology/computer systems technology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent computer technology/computer systems technology programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the computer technology/computer systems technology program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Computer Systems Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Computer Systems Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Computer Technology/Computer Systems Technology in the Southeast Region

#1

Arkansas State University - Beebe

Beebe, Arkansas

#2 in overall quality

$8,899 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arkansas State University - Beebe. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Computer Systems Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region list. This small school is located in Beebe, Arkansas, and it awarded 19 associates’s computer systems tech degrees in 2019-2020.

ASU-Beebe also took the #2 spot in our “Best Computer Technology/Computer Systems Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Arkansas State University - Beebe is $8,899 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Computer Systems Tech students.

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#2

ECPI University

Virginia Beach, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$20,489 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Computer Systems Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, ECPI University landed the #2 spot on the list. ECPI University is a fairly large school located in Virginia Beach, Virginia that handed out 114 associates’s computer systems tech degrees in 2019-2020.

ECPI University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Computer Technology/Computer Systems Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $20,489 for southeast region associate degree computer systems tech students per year to attend ECPI University.

Read full report on Computer Technology/Computer Systems Technology at ECPI 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%.

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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