2022 Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in Alaska For Those Making $30-$48k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in Alaska For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking.

Engineering Technologies is the 19th most popular major in the country with 86,730 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, engineering technologies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $46,894 and had an average of $21,178 in loans still to pay off.

Across Alaska, there were 143 engineering technologies graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,050 and $15,044 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 82 engineering technologies graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,350 and $16,973 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in Alaska For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in engineering technologies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent engineering technologies 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 engineering technologies program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in Alaska For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in Alaska For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Engineering Technologies (Income $30-$48k) in Alaska

#1

University of Alaska Fairbanks

Fairbanks, Alaska

#1 in overall quality

$7,341 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Alaska Fairbanks. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in Alaska For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Fairbanks, Alaska, this medium-sized public school awarded 20 degrees to qualified associates’s engineering tech students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UAF, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in Alaska” ranking. It costs about $7,341 for Alaska Associate Degree Engineering Tech students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend University of Alaska Fairbanks.

Full UAF Engineering Technologies Report

#2

University of Alaska Anchorage

Anchorage, Alaska

#2 in overall quality

$12,663 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Alaska Anchorage. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in Alaska For Those Making $30-$48k. Anchorage, Alaska is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s engineering tech degrees to 62 students in 2019-2020.

UAA not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in Alaska” list. The estimated yearly cost for UAA is $12,663 for Alaska Associate Degree Engineering Tech students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read full report on Engineering Technologies at University of Alaska Anchorage

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Engineering Technologies (Income $30-$48k) in the Far Western US Region
• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Engineering Technologies (Income $30-$48k)

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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