2022 Best Value Engineering-Related Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region

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” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Engineering-Related Technologies is the 273rd most popular major in the country with 884 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in engineering-related technologies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality engineering-related technologies 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 engineering-related technologies program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Engineering-Related Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region

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

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

#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. This medium-sized school is located in Lafayette, Louisiana, and it awarded 4 associates’s engineering-related tech degrees in 2019-2020.

South Louisiana Community College also took the #1 spot in our “Best Engineering-Related Technologies Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $10,155 for southeast region associate degree engineering-related tech students per year to attend South Louisiana Community College.

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#2

University of Arkansas Community College - Morrilton

Morrilton, Arkansas

#3 in overall quality

$5,013 Average Net Price

$35,060 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arkansas Community College - Morrilton. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering-Related Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region list. UACCM is a public institution located in Morrilton, Arkansas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 7 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region associate degree engineering-related tech students list, UACCM has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Engineering-Related Technologies Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $5,013 for southeast region associate degree engineering-related tech students per year to attend University of Arkansas Community College - Morrilton.

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#3

Wake Technical Community College

Raleigh, North Carolina

#2 in overall quality

$6,876 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wake Technical Community College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Engineering-Related Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region. Wake Technical Community College is a public institution located in Raleigh, North Carolina. The school has a large population, and it awarded 5 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Wake Technical Community College also made our “Best Engineering-Related Technologies Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $6,876 for southeast region associate degree engineering-related tech students per year to attend Wake Technical Community College.

Read more about Engineering-Related Technologies at Wake Technical Community College

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Engineering-Related Technologies

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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