2022 Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region
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In 2019-2020, 4,056 people earned their degree in engineering technology, making the major the 196th most popular in the United States.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 628 engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 210 engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,508 and $17,812 respectively.
For this year’s “Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, we looked at 10 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.
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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Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region.
Top 10 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Engineering Technology in the Great Lakes Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Kalamazoo Valley Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region. Kalamazoo, Michigan is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s engineering tech degrees to 54 students in 2019-2020.
Kalamazoo Valley Community College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Kalamazoo Valley Community College is $4,802 for great lakes region associate degree engineering technology students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ivy Tech Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in Indianapolis, Indiana, this large public school awarded 30 diplomas to qualified associates’s engineering tech students in 2019-2020.
Ivy Tech Community College also took the #7 spot in our “Best Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Ivy Tech Community College is $6,919 for Great Lakes Region Associate Degree Engineering Technology students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Miami University - Hamilton. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in Hamilton, Ohio, this small public school awarded 9 diplomas to qualified associates’s engineering tech students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Miami University - Hamilton, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Miami University - Hamilton is $11,559 for great lakes region associate degree engineering technology students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wright State University - Lake Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region list. Wright State University - Lake Campus is located in Celina, Ohio and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 12 associates’s engineering tech degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Wright State University - Lake Campus, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $12,099 for great lakes region associate degree engineering technology students per year to attend Wright State University - Lake Campus.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Toledo. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region list. University of Toledo is located in Toledo, Ohio and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 8 associates’s engineering tech degrees to qualified students.
University of Toledo also took the #3 spot in our “Best Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $17,630 for Great Lakes Region Associate Degree Engineering Technology students per year to attend University of Toledo.
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Bowling Green State University - Firelands ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region list. Huron, Ohio is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s engineering tech degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.
BGSU-Firelands also made our “Best Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #8. It costs about $13,951 for Great Lakes Region Associate Degree Engineering Technology students per year to attend Bowling Green State University - Firelands.
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Ohio University - Athens Campus ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in Athens, Ohio, this large public school handed out 1 degrees to qualified associates’s engineering tech students in 2019-2020.
OHIO Athens did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Ohio University - Athens Campus is $22,906 for Great Lakes Region Associate Degree Engineering Technology students.
Miami University - Middletown landed the #8 spot on the 2022 Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Middletown, Ohio is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s engineering tech degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.
Miami University - Middletown not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. It costs about $14,630 for Great Lakes Region Associate Degree Engineering Technology students per year to attend Miami University - Middletown.
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Mid Michigan College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #9. This small school is located in Harrison, Michigan, and it awarded 2 associates’s engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Mid Michigan College, the school also landed the #9 spot in our “Best Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $8,199 for great lakes region associate degree engineering technology students per year to attend Mid Michigan College.
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Morrison Institute of Technology landed the #10 spot on the 2022 Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in Morrison, Illinois, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 36 diplomas to qualified associates’s engineering tech students in 2019-2020.
Morrison Institute of Technology did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #10 on our “Best Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Morrison Institute of Technology is $18,139 for Great Lakes Region Associate Degree Engineering Technology students.
Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
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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%.
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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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