2022 Best Value Computer Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region

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 Computer Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Computer Engineering Technology is the 169th most popular major in the country with 3,807 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, computer engineering technology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $37,425 and had an average of $24,018 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 1,050 computer engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,044 and $20,775 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 281 computer engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,631 and $18,547 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Computer Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in computer engineering technology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality computer engineering technology programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the computer 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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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Computer Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region” list to help you make the college decision.

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

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

Top 4 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Computer Engineering Technology in the Southeast Region

#1

Arkansas State University - Beebe

Beebe, Arkansas

#2 in overall quality

$8,899 Average Net Price

$33,993 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Computer Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Arkansas State University - Beebe landed the #1 spot on the list. Arkansas State University - Beebe is located in Beebe, Arkansas and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 19 associates’s computer engineering tech degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at ASU-Beebe, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Computer Engineering 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 engineering tech students.

Full Arkansas State University - Beebe Computer Engineering Technology Report

#2

ECPI University

Virginia Beach, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$20,489 Average Net Price

$44,077 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend ECPI University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Computer Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region. ECPI University is a fairly large private for-profit school situated in Virginia Beach, Virginia. It awarded 114 associates’s computer engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

ECPI University also made our “Best Computer Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for ECPI University is $20,489 for southeast region associate degree computer engineering tech students.

Full ECPI University Computer Engineering Technology Report

#3

Sullivan University

Louisville, Kentucky

#3 in overall quality

$22,392 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Sullivan University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Computer Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region list. Located in Louisville, Kentucky, this small private for-profit school awarded 6 degrees to qualified associates’s computer engineering tech students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Sullivan University, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Computer Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Sullivan University is $22,392 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Computer Engineering 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.

Read more about Computer Engineering Technology at Sullivan University

#4

Full Sail University

Winter Park, Florida

#4 in overall quality

$27,524 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Full Sail University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Computer Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region. Full Sail University is a large school located in Winter Park, Florida that handed out 1 associates’s computer engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Full Sail University also made our “Best Computer Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #4. It costs about $27,524 for southeast region associate degree computer engineering tech students per year to attend Full Sail University.

Full Full Sail University Computer 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

• *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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