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2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Welding Engineering Technology

5 Ranked Colleges
59 Degrees Awarded
$19,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Welding Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate

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 Welding Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Welding Engineering Technology is the 865th most popular major in the country with 274 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 59 welding engineering technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Welding Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in welding engineering technology/technician. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent welding engineering technology/technician programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the welding engineering technology/technician program at the school. 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 Welding Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Welding Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Welding Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate.

Top 5 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Welding Engineering Technology

#1

Mitchell Technical College

Mitchell, South Dakota
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mitchell Technical College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Welding Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate. Mitchell Tech is a small public school situated in Mitchell, South Dakota. It awarded 17 associates’s welding engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Mitchell Tech, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Welding Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Mitchell Tech is $12,472 for associate degree welding engineering tech students.

Read full report on Welding Engineering Technology at Mitchell Tech

#2

Great Basin College

Elko, Nevada
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Welding Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Great Basin College landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Elko, Nevada, and it awarded 4 associates’s welding engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Great Basin College also took the #3 spot in our “Best Welding Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Great Basin College is $7,437 for associate degree welding engineering tech students.

Read more about Welding Engineering Technology at Great Basin College

#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Pellissippi State Community College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Welding Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate. Pellissippi State Community College is located in Knoxville, Tennessee and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 19 associates’s welding engineering tech degrees to qualified students.

Pellissippi State Community College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Welding Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools” list. It costs about $5,744 for Associate Degree Welding Engineering Tech students per year to attend Pellissippi State Community College.

Read full report on Welding Engineering Technology at Pellissippi State Community College

#4

New England Institute of Technology

East Greenwich, Rhode Island
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New England Institute of Technology. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Welding Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate. New England Tech is a small school located in East Greenwich, Rhode Island that handed out 14 associates’s welding engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

New England Tech also made our “Best Welding Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for New England Institute of Technology is $31,690 for Associate Degree Welding Engineering Tech students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Full New England Tech Welding Engineering Technology Report

#5

University of Rio Grande

Rio Grande, Ohio
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Welding Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Rio Grande landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Rio Grande, Ohio, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 2 degrees to qualified associates’s welding engineering tech students in 2019-2020.

University of Rio Grande did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Welding Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Rio Grande is $37,509 for Associate Degree Welding Engineering Tech students.

Full University of Rio Grande Welding Engineering Technology Report

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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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