2022 Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in Washington For Those Making $48-$75k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in Washington For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

General Engineering Technology is the 155th most popular major in the country with 4,195 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, general engineering technology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $49,903 and had an average of $20,609 in loans still to pay off.

Across Washington, there were 282 general engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,000 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 63 general engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,441 and $15,677 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in Washington For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in general engineering technology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general engineering technology programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general engineering technology program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The engineering tech 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 Tech Schools for an Associate in Washington For Those Making $48-$75k”.

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Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in Washington For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in Washington For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 3 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Engineering Technology (Income $48-$75k) in Washington

#1

Bellingham Technical College

Bellingham, Washington

#1 in overall quality

$43,240 Average Early-Career Earnings

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 Tech Schools for an Associate in Washington For Those Making $48-$75k. Bellingham Vocational Technical Institute is a small public school situated in Bellingham, Washington. It awarded 28 associates’s engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Bellingham Vocational Technical Institute also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in Washington” ranking.

Full Bellingham Vocational Technical Institute General Engineering Technology Report

#2

Clover Park Technical College

Lakewood, Washington

#2 in overall quality

$10,363 Average Net Price

$52,107 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in Washington For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Clover Park Technical College landed the #2 spot on the list. CPTC is located in Lakewood, Washington and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 14 associates’s engineering tech degrees to qualified students.

CPTC also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in Washington” ranking. It costs about $10,363 for Washington Associate Degree Engineering Tech students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend CPTC.

Read more about General Engineering Technology at Clover Park Technical College

#3

Olympic College

Bremerton, Washington

#3 in overall quality

$7,639 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in Washington For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Olympic College landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Bremerton, Washington, this medium-sized public school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified associates’s engineering tech students in 2019-2020.

OC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best General Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in Washington” list. It costs about $7,639 for Washington Associate Degree Engineering Tech students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend OC.

Full Olympic College General Engineering Technology Report

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• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Engineering Technology (Income $48-$75k)

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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