2022 Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for an Associate in Pennsylvania

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for an Associate in Pennsylvania” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 5,052 people earned their degree in manufacturing engineering technology, making the major the 258th most popular in the United States.

Across Pennsylvania, there were 100 manufacturing engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 35 manufacturing engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for an Associate in Pennsylvania” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in manufacturing engineering technology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great manufacturing 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 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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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for an Associate in Pennsylvania” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for an Associate in Pennsylvania

The colleges and universities below are the best for pennsylvania associate degree manufacturing tech students.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Manufacturing Engineering Technology in Pennsylvania

#1

Edinboro University of Pennsylvania

Edinboro, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$16,833 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for an Associate in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Edinboro, Pennsylvania, this small public school handed out 4 diplomas to qualified associates’s manufacturing tech students in 2019-2020.

Edinboro also took the #1 spot in our “Best Manufacturing Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Edinboro University of Pennsylvania is $16,833 for Pennsylvania Associate Degree Manufacturing Tech students.

Full Edinboro Manufacturing Engineering Technology Report

#2

Pennsylvania College of Technology

Williamsport, Pennsylvania

#2 in overall quality

$25,794 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Pennsylvania College of Technology. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for an Associate in Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania College of Technology is located in Williamsport, Pennsylvania and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 17 associates’s manufacturing tech degrees to qualified students.

Penn College also took the #2 spot in our “Best Manufacturing Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. It costs about $25,794 for Pennsylvania Associate Degree Manufacturing Tech students per year to attend Penn College.

Read full report on Manufacturing Engineering Technology at Penn College

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Manufacturing Engineering Technology in the Middle Atlantic Region
• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Manufacturing 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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