2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Engineering Technology in South Carolina (With Aid)

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for an Associate in South Carolina For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Engineering Technology is the 196th most popular major in the country with 4,056 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across South Carolina, there were 15 engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 15 engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for an Associate in South Carolina For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in engineering technology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality engineering technology 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 technology 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 Technology Schools for an Associate in South Carolina For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for an Associate in South Carolina For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Engineering Technology in South Carolina (With Aid)

#1

Tri-County Technical College

Pendleton, South Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$7,309 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Tri-County Technical College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for an Associate in South Carolina For Those Getting Aid. TCTC is a medium-sized school located in Pendleton, South Carolina that handed out 14 associates’s engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

TCTC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in South Carolina” list. It costs about $7,309 for South Carolina Associate Degree Engineering Technology students with aid per year to attend TCTC.

Full Tri-County Technical College Engineering Technology Report

#2

Horry-Georgetown Technical College

Conway, South Carolina

#2 in overall quality

$5,016 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Horry-Georgetown Technical College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for an Associate in South Carolina For Those Getting Aid. Conway, South Carolina is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s engineering tech degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

Horry-Georgetown Technical College also made our “Best Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in South Carolina” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $5,016 for South Carolina Associate Degree Engineering Technology students with aid per year to attend Horry-Georgetown Technical College.

Full Horry-Georgetown Technical College Engineering Technology Report

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Engineering Technology in the Southeast Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Engineering Technology (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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