2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Technology
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 a Bachelor’s” 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.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 1,676 engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 41 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree engineering technology students.
Top 25 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Technology
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wisconsin - Stout. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s. Located in Menomonie, Wisconsin, this medium-sized public school handed out 58 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s engineering tech students in 2019-2020.
UW - Stout also took the #3 spot in our “Best Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Wisconsin - Stout is $15,839 for Bachelor’s Degree Engineering Technology students.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bemidji State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Bemidji State University is a public institution located in Bemidji, Minnesota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 19 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
Bemidji State University also made our “Best Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #12. It costs about $15,868 for bachelor’s degree engineering technology students per year to attend Bemidji State University.
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Out of the 41 schools in the Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, West Texas A&M University landed the #3 spot on the list. West Texas A&M University is a fairly large school located in Canyon, Texas that handed out 10 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.
West Texas A&M University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #18 on our “Best Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend West Texas A&M University is $12,761 for bachelor’s degree engineering technology students.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Carolina University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s. Western Carolina University is a public institution located in Cullowhee, North Carolina. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 52 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
WCU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #16 on our “Best Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $13,722 for Bachelor’s Degree Engineering Technology students per year to attend WCU.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northern Illinois University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s. Located in Dekalb, Illinois, this fairly large public school awarded 101 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s engineering tech students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree engineering technology students list, NIU has also earned the #10 rank in our “Best Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $18,259 for bachelor’s degree engineering technology students per year to attend Northern Illinois University.
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Southwestern Oklahoma State University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s list. SWOSU is a small public school situated in Weatherford, Oklahoma. It awarded 35 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at SWOSU, the school also landed the #23 spot in our “Best Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for SWOSU is $12,891 for Bachelor’s Degree Engineering Technology students.
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Southeast Missouri State University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #7. Southeast Missouri State University is a fairly large public school situated in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. It awarded 31 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Southeast Missouri State University, the school also landed the #20 spot in our “Best Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Southeast Missouri State University is $12,774 for bachelor’s degree engineering technology students.
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With a ranking of #8, University of Central Missouri did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s list. University of Central Missouri is a public institution located in Warrensburg, Missouri. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 36 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
UCM not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #17 on our “Best Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Central Missouri is $13,677 for Bachelor’s Degree Engineering Technology students.
With a ranking of #9, Tennessee Technological University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Cookeville, Tennessee is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s engineering tech degrees to 62 students in 2019-2020.
Tennessee Tech University also made our “Best Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #9. The yearly cost to attend Tennessee Technological University is $15,929 for bachelor’s degree engineering technology students.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Western Illinois University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. This medium-sized school is located in Macomb, Illinois, and it awarded 23 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend WIU is $16,210 for bachelor’s degree engineering technology students.
With a ranking of #11, Kennesaw State University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Kennesaw, Georgia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s engineering tech degrees to 65 students in 2019-2020.
KSU Georgia not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $17,221 for Bachelor’s Degree Engineering Technology students per year to attend Kennesaw State University.
With a ranking of #12, Illinois State University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Normal, Illinois is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s engineering tech degrees to 33 students in 2019-2020.
Illinois State also made our “Best Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #5. It costs about $20,895 for bachelor’s degree engineering technology students per year to attend Illinois State.
The low student loan default rate of 4.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Miami University - Hamilton came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. This small school is located in Hamilton, Ohio, and it awarded 42 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree engineering technology students list, Miami University - Hamilton has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Miami University - Hamilton is $11,559 for bachelor’s degree engineering technology students.
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Eastern Illinois University came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Eastern Illinois University is located in Charleston, Illinois and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees to qualified students.
The yearly cost to attend Eastern Illinois University is $14,607 for bachelor’s degree engineering technology students.
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Wichita State University came in at #15 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Located in Wichita, Kansas, this fairly large public school awarded 39 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s engineering tech students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at WSU, the school also landed the #14 spot in our “Best Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Wichita State University is $14,382 for bachelor’s degree engineering technology students.
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Morehead State University ranked #16 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Morehead State University is a medium-sized public school situated in Morehead, Kentucky. It awarded 45 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for Morehead State University is $12,421 for Bachelor’s Degree Engineering Technology students.
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With a ranking of #17, Southern Illinois University Carbondale did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Carbondale, Illinois, this fairly large public school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s engineering tech students in 2019-2020.
It costs about $16,945 for bachelor’s degree engineering technology students per year to attend SIUC.
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University of Memphis did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #18. This large school is located in Memphis, Tennessee, and it awarded 35 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend University of Memphis is $13,248 for Bachelor’s Degree Engineering Technology students.
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The University of West Florida did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #19. The University of West Florida is a fairly large public school situated in Pensacola, Florida. It awarded 32 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.
UWF did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #24 on our “Best Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $7,406 for bachelor’s degree engineering technology students per year to attend UWF.
Texas State University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #20. Texas State University is located in San Marcos, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 53 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees to qualified students.
Texas State also took the #13 spot in our “Best Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $15,230 for Bachelor’s Degree Engineering Technology students per year to attend Texas State.
Bellingham Technical College landed the #21 spot on the 2022 Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Bellingham Technical College is a public institution located in Bellingham, Washington. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for Bellingham Vocational Technical Institute is $6,787 for Bachelor’s Degree Engineering Technology students.
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Purdue University - Main Campus came in at #22 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Purdue University - Main Campus is a large public school situated in West Lafayette, Indiana. It awarded 20 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.
Purdue not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Purdue University - Main Campus is $13,986 for bachelor’s degree engineering technology students.
The low student loan default rate of 2.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
California State Polytechnic University - Pomona landed the #23 spot on the 2022 Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. This large school is located in Pomona, California, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.
Cal Poly Pomona not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #11 on our “Best Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Cal Poly Pomona is $12,734 for bachelor’s degree engineering technology students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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With a ranking of #24, Southeastern Louisiana University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Southeastern is a fairly large public school situated in Hammond, Louisiana. It awarded 20 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.
It costs about $12,171 for Bachelor’s Degree Engineering Technology students per year to attend Southeastern.
New Mexico State University - Main Campus did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #25. NMSU Main Campus is a fairly large public school situated in Las Cruces, New Mexico. It awarded 41 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at NMSU Main Campus, the school also landed the #21 spot in our “Best Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for NMSU Main Campus is $8,659 for bachelor’s degree engineering technology students.
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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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- *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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