2022 Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Technology Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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

Across the Far Western US region, there were 565 engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 300 engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,689 and $18,419 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in engineering technology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent engineering technology 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 technology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region.

Top 3 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Engineering Technology in the Far Western US Region

#1

Bellingham Technical College

Bellingham, Washington

#1 in overall quality

$6,787 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bellingham Technical College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region. Bellingham Technical College is a small school located in Bellingham, Washington that handed out 28 associates’s engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Bellingham Vocational Technical Institute did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Bellingham Vocational Technical Institute is $6,787 for far western us region associate degree engineering technology students.

Read more about Engineering Technology at Bellingham Technical College

#2

Clover Park Technical College

Lakewood, Washington

#2 in overall quality

$7,904 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Clover Park Technical College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region list. Clover Park Technical College is a small school located in Lakewood, Washington that handed out 14 associates’s engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at CPTC, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend CPTC is $7,904 for far western us region associate degree engineering technology students.

Full CPTC Engineering Technology Report

#3

Olympic College

Bremerton, Washington

#3 in overall quality

$7,319 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Olympic College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region. OC is located in Bremerton, Washington and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 associates’s engineering tech degrees to qualified students.

OC also made our “Best Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend Olympic College is $7,319 for Far Western US Region Associate Degree Engineering Technology students.

Read full report on Engineering Technology at OC

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Engineering Technology

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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