2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Environmental Engineering Technology/Environmental Technology in the Southwest Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Environmental Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Environmental Engineering Technology/Environmental Technology is the 622nd most popular major in the country with 365 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 27 environmental engineering technology/environmental technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 26 environmental engineering technology/environmental technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Environmental Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in environmental engineering technology/environmental technology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality environmental engineering technology/environmental technology programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the environmental engineering technology/environmental technology 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.

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Best Value Environmental Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Environmental Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Environmental Engineering Technology/Environmental Technology in the Southwest Region

#1

Texas State Technical College

Waco, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$10,114 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas State Technical College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Environmental Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region list. This fairly large school is located in Waco, Texas, and it awarded 24 associates’s environmental engineering techn degrees in 2019-2020.

TSTC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Environmental Engineering Technology/Environmental Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Texas State Technical College is $10,114 for southwest region associate degree environmental engineering tech students.

Read more about Environmental Engineering Technology/Environmental Technology at Texas State Technical College

#2

Austin Community College District

Austin, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$6,861 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Environmental Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Austin Community College District landed the #2 spot on the list. Austin Community College District is a large public school situated in Austin, Texas. It awarded 2 associates’s environmental engineering techn degrees in 2019-2020.

Austin Community College District also made our “Best Environmental Engineering Technology/Environmental Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $6,861 for southwest region associate degree environmental engineering tech students per year to attend Austin Community College District.

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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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