2022 Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 the Middle Atlantic Region” 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 the Middle Atlantic region, there were 394 general engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,500 and $24,742 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 15 general engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,733 and $16,201 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Engineering Technology in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Edinboro University of Pennsylvania

Edinboro, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$16,833 Average Net Price

$89,746 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in Edinboro, Pennsylvania, this small public school handed out 2 degrees to qualified associates’s engineering tech students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Edinboro, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Edinboro is $16,833 for Middle Atlantic Region Associate Degree Engineering Tech students.

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#2

SUNY Canton

Canton, New York

#2 in overall quality

$13,864 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend SUNY Canton. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region list. This small school is located in Canton, New York, and it awarded 2 associates’s engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SUNY Canton, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best General Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for SUNY Canton is $13,864 for middle atlantic region associate degree engineering tech students.

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• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Engineering Technology

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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