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

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for an Associate in Alabama” ranking.

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 Alabama, there were 594 manufacturing engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 202 manufacturing engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,270 and $19,839 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for an Associate in Alabama” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in manufacturing engineering technology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality manufacturing engineering technology programs that also have a lower cost than 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The manufacturing 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 Manufacturing Tech Schools for an Associate in Alabama”.

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Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for an Associate in Alabama

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

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

#1

John C Calhoun State Community College

Tanner, Alabama

#1 in overall quality

$5,722 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend John C Calhoun State Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for an Associate in Alabama. Calhoun Community College is a medium-sized school located in Tanner, Alabama that handed out 153 associates’s manufacturing tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Calhoun Community College also made our “Best Manufacturing Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in Alabama” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend Calhoun Community College is $5,722 for alabama associate degree manufacturing tech students.

Read more about Manufacturing Engineering Technology at John C Calhoun State Community College

#2

Central Alabama Community College

Alexander City, Alabama

#2 in overall quality

$5,402 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Alabama Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for an Associate in Alabama list. Located in Alexander City, Alabama, this small public school awarded 4 diplomas to qualified associates’s manufacturing tech students in 2019-2020.

Central Alabama Community College also took the #2 spot in our “Best Manufacturing Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in Alabama” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Central Alabama Community College is $5,402 for Alabama Associate Degree Manufacturing Tech students.

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