2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Engineering Technology in Washington

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Washington” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 4,056 people earned their degree in engineering technology, making the major the 196th most popular in the United States.

Across Washington, there were 282 engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 63 engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,441 and $15,677 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for an Associate in Washington” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered 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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The engineering technology school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for an Associate in Washington”.

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Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for an Associate in Washington

The colleges and universities below are the best for washington associate degree engineering technology students.

Top 3 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Engineering Technology in Washington

#1

Bellingham Technical College

Bellingham, Washington

#1 in overall quality

$6,787 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bellingham Technical College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for an Associate in Washington list. This small school is located in Bellingham, Washington, and it awarded 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 Washington” list. The estimated yearly cost for Bellingham Technical College is $6,787 for Washington Associate Degree Engineering Technology students.

Full Bellingham Technical College Engineering Technology Report

#2

Clover Park Technical College

Lakewood, Washington

#2 in overall quality

$7,904 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Clover Park Technical College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for an Associate in Washington. Clover Park Technical College is a small public school situated in Lakewood, Washington. It awarded 14 associates’s engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

CPTC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in Washington” list. The yearly cost to attend Clover Park Technical College is $7,904 for Washington Associate Degree Engineering Technology students.

Read more about Engineering Technology at CPTC

#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 Washington. Located in Bremerton, Washington, this medium-sized public school handed out 2 degrees to qualified associates’s engineering tech students in 2019-2020.

OC also made our “Best Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in Washington” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend Olympic College is $7,319 for washington associate degree engineering technology students.

Read full report on Engineering Technology at Olympic College

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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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