2022 Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 the Far Western US region, there were 565 general engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $48,350 and $21,000 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 63 general engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,083 and $22,209 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general 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 Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region bachelor’s degree engineering tech students with aid.

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering Technology in the Far Western US Region (With Aid)

#1

Bellingham Technical College

Bellingham, Washington

#3 in overall quality

$6,787 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Bellingham Technical College landed the #1 spot on the list. Bellingham Technical College is a small public school situated in Bellingham, Washington. It awarded 2 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Bellingham Vocational Technical Institute, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best General Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Bellingham Technical College is $6,787 for Far Western US Region Bachelor’s Degree Engineering Tech students with aid.

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#2

California State Polytechnic University - Pomona

Pomona, California

#1 in overall quality

$12,734 Average Net Price

$72,860 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California State Polytechnic University - Pomona. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Pomona, California, this large public school handed out 1 degrees to qualified bachelors’s engineering tech students in 2019-2020.

Cal Poly Pomona also made our “Best General Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for Cal Poly Pomona is $12,734 for Far Western US Region Bachelor’s Degree Engineering Tech students with aid.

The low student loan default rate of 1.7% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on General Engineering Technology at Cal Poly Pomona

#3

Eastern Washington University

Cheney, Washington

#2 in overall quality

$12,607 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Washington University landed the #3 spot on the list. Cheney, Washington is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s engineering tech degrees to 60 students in 2019-2020.

EWU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Eastern Washington University is $12,607 for far western us region bachelor’s degree engineering tech students with aid.

Read full report on General Engineering Technology at Eastern Washington University

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering Technology (With Aid)

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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