2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Manufacturing Engineering Technology in Connecticut

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Connecticut” 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 Connecticut, there were 183 manufacturing engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 17 manufacturing engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,719 and $18,083 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for an Associate in Connecticut” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the manufacturing engineering technology program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. 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 Connecticut” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for an Associate in Connecticut

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

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

#1

Gateway Community College

New Haven, Connecticut

#2 in overall quality

$6,381 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for an Associate in Connecticut that were part of this year’s ranking, Gateway Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in New Haven, Connecticut, this medium-sized public school handed out 6 diplomas to qualified associates’s manufacturing tech students in 2019-2020.

Gateway Community College also made our “Best Manufacturing Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in Connecticut” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend Gateway Community College is $6,381 for Connecticut Associate Degree Manufacturing Tech students.

Full Gateway Community College Manufacturing Engineering Technology Report

#2

Goodwin College

East Hartford, Connecticut

#1 in overall quality

$18,290 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Goodwin College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for an Associate in Connecticut list. This small school is located in East Hartford, Connecticut, and it awarded 9 associates’s manufacturing tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Goodwin also took the #1 spot in our “Best Manufacturing Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in Connecticut” ranking. It costs about $18,290 for connecticut associate degree manufacturing tech students per year to attend Goodwin.

Read full report on Manufacturing Engineering Technology at Goodwin

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Manufacturing Engineering Technology in the New England 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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