2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Energy Systems Technologies

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 Energy Systems Technologies Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

With 1,293 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, energy systems technologies is the most popular major in the United States.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 169 energy systems technologies graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Energy Systems Technologies Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in energy systems technologies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality energy systems technologies 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 energy systems technologies 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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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Energy Systems Technologies Schools for a Bachelor’s” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Energy Systems Technologies Schools for a Bachelor’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree energy systems technologies students.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Energy Systems Technologies

#1

Excelsior University

Albany, New York

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Excelsior University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Energy Systems Technologies Schools for a Bachelor’s. Excelsior University is a large school located in Albany, New York that handed out 35 bachelors’s energy systems technologies degrees in 2019-2020.

Excelsior University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Energy Systems Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list.

Full Excelsior University Energy Systems Technologies Report

#2

Maine Maritime Academy

Castine, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$23,239 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Energy Systems Technologies Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Maine Maritime Academy landed the #2 spot on the list. Maine Maritime Academy is a small school located in Castine, Maine that handed out 24 bachelors’s energy systems technologies degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Maine Maritime, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Energy Systems Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Maine Maritime Academy is $23,239 for Bachelor’s Degree Energy Systems Technologies students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. 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.

Read full report on Energy Systems Technologies at Maine Maritime Academy

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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