2022 Best Value Other Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Other Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 1,736 people earned their degree in engineering technology (other), making the major the 205th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, engineering technology (other) graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $50,047 and had an average of $23,481 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 79 engineering technology (other) graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,400 and $30,750 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 16 engineering technology (other) graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great engineering technology (other) 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 engineering technology (other) program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Other Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree other engineering tech students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Technology (Other) (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Northeastern State University

Tahlequah, Oklahoma

#1 in overall quality

$7,614 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northeastern State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Other Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, this medium-sized public school handed out 3 degrees to qualified bachelors’s other engineering tech students in 2019-2020.

NSU also made our “Best Engineering Technology (Other) Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for Northeastern State University is $7,614 for southwest region bachelor’s degree other engineering tech students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full NSU Engineering Technology (Other) Report

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Technology (Other) (Income $0-$30k)

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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