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

5 Ranked Colleges
57 Degrees Awarded
$7,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Engineering-Related Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Engineering-Related Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 Southwest region, there were 104 engineering-related technologies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 57 engineering-related technologies graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Engineering-Related Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree 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. 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 the Southwest Region” list to help you make the college decision.

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The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region associate degree engineering-related tech students.

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Engineering-Related Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma State University - Oklahoma City landed the #1 spot on the list. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s engineering-related tech degrees to 24 students in 2019-2020.

OSU-OKC also made our “Best Engineering-Related Technologies Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $6,753 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Engineering-Related Tech students per year to attend Oklahoma State University - Oklahoma City.

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#2

Tyler Junior College

Tyler, Texas
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Engineering-Related Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Tyler Junior College landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Tyler, Texas, and it awarded 18 associates’s engineering-related tech degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region associate degree engineering-related tech students list, Tyler Junior College has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Engineering-Related Technologies Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $9,277 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Engineering-Related Tech students per year to attend Tyler Junior College.

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#3

Tulsa Community College

Tulsa, Oklahoma

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Tulsa Community College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Engineering-Related Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region. Tulsa, Oklahoma is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s engineering-related tech degrees to 10 students in 2019-2020.

Tulsa Community College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Engineering-Related Technologies Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $6,078 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Engineering-Related Tech students per year to attend Tulsa Community College.

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#4

Lone Star College System

The Woodlands, Texas
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lone Star College System. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Engineering-Related Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region. This large school is located in The Woodlands, Texas, and it awarded 3 associates’s engineering-related tech degrees in 2019-2020.

North Harris Montgomery did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Engineering-Related Technologies Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $8,016 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Engineering-Related Tech students per year to attend North Harris Montgomery.

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#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Engineering-Related Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Austin Community College District landed the #5 spot on the list. Austin Community College District is a large school located in Austin, Texas that handed out 2 associates’s engineering-related tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Austin Community College District not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Engineering-Related Technologies Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Austin Community College District is $6,861 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Engineering-Related Tech students.

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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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