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2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Engineering-Related Technologies (Income $0-$30k) in North Carolina

1 Ranked Colleges
40 Degrees Awarded
$4,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Engineering-Related Tech Schools for an Associate in North Carolina For Those Making $0-$30k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Engineering-Related Tech Schools for an Associate in North Carolina For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking.

In 2019-2020, 884 people earned their degree in engineering-related technologies, making the major the 273rd most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, engineering-related technologies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $55,300 and had an average of $12,619 in loans still to pay off.

Across North Carolina, there were 114 engineering-related technologies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 40 engineering-related technologies graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,912 and $18,026 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality engineering-related technologies 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 engineering-related technologies program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 Engineering-Related Tech Schools for an Associate in North Carolina For Those Making $0-$30k” list to help you make the college decision.

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The colleges and universities below are the best for north carolina associate degree engineering-related tech students whose families make $0-$30k.

#1

Wake Technical Community College

Raleigh, North Carolina
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Engineering-Related Tech Schools for an Associate in North Carolina For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Wake Technical Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Raleigh, North Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s engineering-related tech degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

Wake Technical Community College also took the #1 spot in our “Best Engineering-Related Technologies Associate Degree Schools in North Carolina” ranking. It costs about $4,607 for north carolina associate degree engineering-related tech students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Wake Technical Community College.

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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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