2022 Best Value Engineering-Related Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Engineering-Related Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 the Southeast region, there were 263 engineering-related technologies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 62 engineering-related technologies graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,631 and $18,547 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Engineering-Related Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in engineering-related technologies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent engineering-related technologies programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the engineering-related technologies program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The engineering-related tech 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 Engineering-Related Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid”.

We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

Best Value Engineering-Related Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engineering-Related Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 3 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Engineering-Related Technologies in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

#1

South Louisiana Community College

Lafayette, Louisiana

#1 in overall quality

$10,155 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend South Louisiana Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Engineering-Related Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid. Lafayette, Louisiana is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s engineering-related tech degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

South Louisiana Community College also made our “Best Engineering-Related Technologies Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $10,155 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Engineering-Related Tech students with aid per year to attend South Louisiana Community College.

Read more about Engineering-Related Technologies at South Louisiana Community College

#2

Wake Technical Community College

Raleigh, North Carolina

#2 in overall quality

$6,876 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wake Technical Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering-Related Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Raleigh, North Carolina, this large public school handed out 5 degrees to qualified associates’s engineering-related tech students in 2019-2020.

Wake Technical Community College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Engineering-Related Technologies Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $6,876 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Engineering-Related Tech students with aid per year to attend Wake Technical Community College.

Read full report on Engineering-Related Technologies at Wake Technical Community College

#3

University of Arkansas Community College - Morrilton

Morrilton, Arkansas

#3 in overall quality

$5,013 Average Net Price

$35,060 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Engineering-Related Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arkansas Community College - Morrilton landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Arkansas Community College - Morrilton is a public institution located in Morrilton, Arkansas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 7 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UACCM also made our “Best Engineering-Related Technologies Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend University of Arkansas Community College - Morrilton is $5,013 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Engineering-Related Tech students with aid.

Read full report on Engineering-Related Technologies at UACCM

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Engineering-Related Technologies (With Aid)

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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