2022 Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in Washington

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 an Associate in Washington” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 4,195 people earned their degree in general engineering technology, making the major the 155th most popular in the United States. 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.

This year’s “Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in Washington” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in general engineering technology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general engineering technology programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the general engineering technology program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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”.

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Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in Washington

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

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

#1

Bellingham Technical College

Bellingham, Washington

#1 in overall quality

$6,787 Average Net Price

$43,240 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bellingham Technical College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Tech 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 not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in Washington” list. It costs about $6,787 for washington associate degree engineering tech students per year to attend Bellingham Vocational Technical Institute.

Read more about General Engineering Technology at Bellingham Vocational Technical Institute

#2

Clover Park Technical College

Lakewood, Washington

#2 in overall quality

$7,904 Average Net Price

$52,107 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Clover Park Technical College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in Washington list. Clover Park Technical College is a small school located in Lakewood, Washington that handed out 14 associates’s engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

CPTC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in Washington” list. It costs about $7,904 for Washington Associate Degree Engineering Tech students per year to attend CPTC.

Full CPTC General Engineering Technology Report

#3

Olympic College

Bremerton, Washington

#3 in overall quality

$7,319 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in Washington that were part of this year’s ranking, Olympic College landed the #3 spot on the list. OC is a medium-sized public school situated in Bremerton, Washington. It awarded 2 associates’s engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at OC, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best General Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in Washington” ranking. The yearly cost to attend OC is $7,319 for Washington Associate Degree Engineering Tech students.

Read more about General Engineering Technology at OC

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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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