2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Wind Energy Technology

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Wind Energy Technology Schools for an Associate” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 9 wind energy technology students received their degree, making the major the most popular in the country.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 8 wind energy technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Wind Energy Technology Schools for an Associate” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in wind energy technology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality wind energy technology programs that also have a lower cost than 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 wind energy technology program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

More Ways to Rank Wind Energy Technology Schools

The wind energy technology school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Wind Energy Technology Schools for an Associate”.

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Best Value Wind Energy Technology Schools for an Associate

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Wind Energy Technology Schools for an Associate.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Wind Energy Technology

#1

Lakeshore Technical College

Cleveland, Wisconsin

#1 in overall quality

$10,780 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Wind Energy Technology Schools for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Lakeshore Technical College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Cleveland, Wisconsin, this small public school handed out 5 diplomas to qualified associates’s wind energy technology students in 2019-2020.

LTC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Wind Energy Technology Associate Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Lakeshore Technical College is $10,780 for Associate Degree Wind Energy Technology students.

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#2

Lorain County Community College

Elyria, Ohio

#2 in overall quality

$3,204 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lorain County Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Wind Energy Technology Schools for an Associate list. Elyria, Ohio is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s wind energy technology degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at LCCC, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Wind Energy Technology Associate Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $3,204 for Associate Degree Wind Energy Technology students per year to attend LCCC.

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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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