2022 Best Value Electrical Technology Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Electrical Technology Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2019-2020, 6,597 people earned their degree in electrical, electronic and communications engineering technology/technician, making the major the 153rd most popular in the United States.
Across the Southwest region, there were 892 electrical, electronic and communications engineering technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 325 electrical, electronic and communications engineering technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Electrical Technology Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 17 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in electrical, electronic and communications engineering technology/technician. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality electrical, electronic and communications engineering technology/technician programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the electrical, electronic and communications engineering technology/technician program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Best Value Electrical Technology Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region associate degree electrical technology students.
Top 17 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Electrical, Electronic & Communications Engineering Technology in the Southwest Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Victoria College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Electrical Technology Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region. Located in Victoria, Texas, this small public school handed out 36 degrees to qualified associates’s electrical technology students in 2019-2020.
Victoria College also took the #1 spot in our “Best Electrical, Electronic & Communications Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $5,629 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Electrical Technology students per year to attend Victoria College.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oklahoma State University - Oklahoma City. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Electrical Technology Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region. Oklahoma State University - Oklahoma City is a public institution located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The school has a small population, and it awarded 6 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.
OSU-OKC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Electrical, Electronic & Communications Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for OSU-OKC is $6,753 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Electrical Technology students.
Out of the 17 schools in the Best Value Electrical Technology Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, San Jacinto Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. San Jacinto Community College is a large public school situated in Pasadena, Texas. It awarded 6 associates’s electrical technology degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at San Jacinto College, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Electrical, Electronic & Communications Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $8,692 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Electrical Technology students per year to attend San Jacinto College.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lee College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Electrical Technology Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region. Lee College is a medium-sized public school situated in Baytown, Texas. It awarded 2 associates’s electrical technology degrees in 2019-2020.
Lee College also took the #9 spot in our “Best Electrical, Electronic & Communications Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Lee College is $7,732 for southwest region associate degree electrical technology students.
Full Lee College Electrical, Electronic & Communications Engineering Technology Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Houston Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Electrical Technology Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region list. Located in Houston, Texas, this large public school awarded 18 diplomas to qualified associates’s electrical technology students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Houston Community College, the school also landed the #8 spot in our “Best Electrical, Electronic & Communications Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Houston Community College is $5,272 for southwest region associate degree electrical technology students.
Tarrant County College District landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Electrical Technology Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region ranking. Tarrant County College is a large school located in Fort Worth, Texas that handed out 14 associates’s electrical technology degrees in 2019-2020.
Tarrant County College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Electrical, Electronic & Communications Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $5,434 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Electrical Technology students per year to attend Tarrant County College.
Texas State Technical College landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Electrical Technology Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region ranking. TSTC is a fairly large school located in Waco, Texas that handed out 3 associates’s electrical technology degrees in 2019-2020.
TSTC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Electrical, Electronic & Communications Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend TSTC is $10,114 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Electrical Technology students.
Wharton County Junior College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Electrical Technology Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Wharton, Texas, this medium-sized public school handed out 5 diplomas to qualified associates’s electrical technology students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Wharton County Junior College, the school also landed the #13 spot in our “Best Electrical, Electronic & Communications Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Wharton County Junior College is $5,334 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Electrical Technology students.
Austin Community College District landed the #9 spot on the 2022 Best Value Electrical Technology Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region ranking. Austin, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s electrical technology degrees to 19 students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Austin Community College District, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Electrical, Electronic & Communications Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Austin Community College District is $6,861 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Electrical Technology students.
With a ranking of #10, Mesa Community College did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Electrical Technology Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region list. Mesa Community College is a fairly large public school situated in Mesa, Arizona. It awarded 12 associates’s electrical technology degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Mesa Community College, the school also landed the #11 spot in our “Best Electrical, Electronic & Communications Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $9,669 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Electrical Technology students per year to attend Mesa Community College.
Tulsa Community College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Electrical Technology Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #11. Tulsa Community College is located in Tulsa, Oklahoma and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 8 associates’s electrical technology degrees to qualified students.
Tulsa Community College also made our “Best Electrical, Electronic & Communications Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #10. The estimated yearly cost for Tulsa Community College is $6,078 for southwest region associate degree electrical technology students.
Lone Star College System did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Electrical Technology Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #12. Located in The Woodlands, Texas, this large public school awarded 5 degrees to qualified associates’s electrical technology students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southwest region associate degree electrical technology students list, North Harris Montgomery has also earned the #12 rank in our “Best Electrical, Electronic & Communications Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for North Harris Montgomery is $8,016 for southwest region associate degree electrical technology students.
New Mexico State University - Dona Ana landed the #13 spot on the 2022 Best Value Electrical Technology Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region ranking. New Mexico State University - Dona Ana is a medium-sized school located in Las Cruces, New Mexico that handed out 8 associates’s electrical technology degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southwest region associate degree electrical technology students list, NMSU Dona Ana has also earned the #14 rank in our “Best Electrical, Electronic & Communications Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend NMSU Dona Ana is $5,539 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Electrical Technology students.
DeVry University - Arizona landed the #14 spot on the 2022 Best Value Electrical Technology Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region ranking. DeVry University - Arizona is located in Phoenix, Arizona and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 associates’s electrical technology degrees to qualified students.
DeVry University - Arizona not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Electrical, Electronic & Communications Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend DeVry University - Arizona is $28,531 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Electrical Technology students.
Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Del Mar College came in at #15 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Electrical Technology Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region ranking. DMC is a public institution located in Corpus Christi, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 4 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.
DMC also made our “Best Electrical, Electronic & Communications Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #16. The estimated yearly cost for Del Mar College is $5,738 for southwest region associate degree electrical technology students.
New Mexico State University - Alamogordo did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Electrical Technology Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #16. This small school is located in Alamogordo, New Mexico, and it awarded 2 associates’s electrical technology degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at NMSU Alamogordo, the school also landed the #15 spot in our “Best Electrical, Electronic & Communications Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend New Mexico State University - Alamogordo is $5,693 for southwest region associate degree electrical technology students.
The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Vernon College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Electrical Technology Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #17. Vernon Regional Junior College is a public institution located in Vernon, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 5 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.
Vernon Regional Junior College also took the #17 spot in our “Best Electrical, Electronic & Communications Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Vernon College is $5,604 for southwest region associate degree electrical technology students.
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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%.
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- *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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