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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Electrical Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in Arizona

4 Ranked Colleges
568 Degrees Awarded
$14,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor's in Arizona For Those Making $0-$30k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arizona For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 30,670 people earned their degree in electrical engineering, making the major the 31st most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, electrical engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $70,098 and had an average of $23,581 in loans still to pay off.

Across Arizona, there were 941 electrical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,450 and $23,540 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 568 electrical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,194 and $24,661 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arizona For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in electrical engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality electrical engineering 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 electrical engineering 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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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 EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arizona For Those Making $0-$30k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arizona For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arizona For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Electrical Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in Arizona

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Tempe. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arizona For Those Making $0-$30k list. Arizona State University - Tempe is a large public school situated in Tempe, Arizona. It awarded 218 bachelors’s EE degrees in 2019-2020.

ASU - Tempe also took the #1 spot in our “Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arizona” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Arizona State University - Tempe is $7,044 for Arizona Bachelor’s Degree EE students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Electrical Engineering at Arizona State University - Tempe

#2

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arizona For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arizona landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Tucson, Arizona, and it awarded 128 bachelors’s EE degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Arizona also took the #2 spot in our “Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arizona” ranking. It costs about $10,562 for arizona bachelor’s degree ee students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend University of Arizona.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Full University of Arizona Electrical Engineering Report

#3

Northern Arizona University

Flagstaff, Arizona

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern Arizona University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arizona For Those Making $0-$30k list. This large school is located in Flagstaff, Arizona, and it awarded 102 bachelors’s EE degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at NAU, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arizona” ranking. The yearly cost to attend NAU is $9,251 for Arizona Bachelor’s Degree EE students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full Northern Arizona University Electrical Engineering Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Skysong. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arizona For Those Making $0-$30k list. Scottsdale, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s EE degrees to 85 students in 2019-2020.

ASU - Skysong also made our “Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arizona” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend Arizona State University - Skysong is $12,037 for arizona bachelor’s degree ee students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full Arizona State University - Skysong Electrical Engineering Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arizona For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Prescott, Arizona, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 10 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s EE students in 2019-2020.

Embry-Riddle Prescott also took the #4 spot in our “Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arizona” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott is $31,082 for Arizona Bachelor’s Degree EE students whose families make $0-$30k.

The low student loan default rate of 4.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott Electrical Engineering 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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