2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Technologies in Washington (With Aid)

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in Washington For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Washington, there were 2,649 engineering technologies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 55 engineering technologies graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,184 and $46,709 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in Washington For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in engineering technologies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great engineering technologies programs and 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in Washington For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in Washington For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Technologies in Washington (With Aid)

#1

Washington State University

Pullman, Washington

#1 in overall quality

$27,561 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Washington State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in Washington For Those Getting Aid. Washington State University is a public institution located in Pullman, Washington. The school has a large population, and it awarded 28 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Wazzu did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Engineering Technologies Master’s Degree Schools in Washington” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Washington State University are $27,561, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

Central Washington University

Ellensburg, Washington

$24,976 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Central Washington University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in Washington For Those Getting Aid. This fairly large school is located in Ellensburg, Washington, and it awarded 1 masters’s engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

CWU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Engineering Technologies Master’s Degree Schools in Washington” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Central Washington University are $24,976, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Technologies in the Far Western US Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Technologies (With Aid)

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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