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2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Manufacturing Engineering Technology (Income $48-$75k) in the Southwest Region

6 Ranked Colleges
123 Degrees Awarded
Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Manufacturing Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Manufacturing Engineering Technology is the 258th most popular major in the country with 5,052 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 330 manufacturing engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 123 manufacturing engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in manufacturing engineering technology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent manufacturing 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 manufacturing engineering technology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

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

Top 6 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Manufacturing Engineering Technology (Income $48-$75k) in the Southwest Region

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas State Technical College landed the #1 spot on the list. Texas State Technical College is a public institution located in Waco, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 75 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at TSTC, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Manufacturing Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $12,576 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Manufacturing Tech students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend TSTC.

Read more about Manufacturing Engineering Technology at Texas State Technical College

#2

Houston Community College

Houston, Texas
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Houston Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Houston, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s manufacturing tech degrees to 13 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region associate degree manufacturing tech students whose families make $48-$75k list, Houston Community College has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Manufacturing Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Houston Community College is $7,595 for southwest region associate degree manufacturing tech students whose families make $48-$75k.

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#3

Kilgore College

Kilgore, Texas
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Kilgore College landed the #3 spot on the list. Kilgore College is a public institution located in Kilgore, Texas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 9 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region associate degree manufacturing tech students whose families make $48-$75k list, Kilgore College has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Manufacturing Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Kilgore College is $9,650 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Manufacturing Tech students whose families make $48-$75k.

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#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wharton County Junior College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Wharton, Texas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s manufacturing tech degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

Wharton County Junior College also took the #4 spot in our “Best Manufacturing Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Wharton County Junior College is $6,763 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Manufacturing Tech students whose families make $48-$75k.

Read more about Manufacturing Engineering Technology at Wharton County Junior College

#5

El Paso Community College

El Paso, Texas
#6 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, El Paso Community College landed the #5 spot on the list. El Paso Community College is a large school located in El Paso, Texas that handed out 8 associates’s manufacturing tech degrees in 2019-2020.

El Paso Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Manufacturing Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $7,230 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Manufacturing Tech students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend El Paso Community College.

Full El Paso Community College Manufacturing Engineering Technology Report

#6

Mesa Community College

Mesa, Arizona
#5 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, Mesa Community College did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. This fairly large school is located in Mesa, Arizona, and it awarded 2 associates’s manufacturing tech degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Mesa Community College, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Manufacturing Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Mesa Community College is $11,230 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Manufacturing Tech students whose families make $48-$75k.

Read more about Manufacturing Engineering Technology at Mesa Community College

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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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