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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Electrical Engineering in Arizona

5 Ranked Colleges
568 Degrees Awarded
$17,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor's in Arizona

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arizona” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in electrical engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great electrical engineering programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the electrical engineering program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arizona

The colleges and universities below are the best for arizona bachelor’s degree ee students.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Electrical Engineering in Arizona

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arizona that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Tempe, Arizona, and it awarded 218 bachelors’s EE degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our arizona bachelor’s degree ee students list, ASU - Tempe has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arizona” ranking. The yearly cost to attend ASU - Tempe is $11,706 for Arizona Bachelor’s Degree EE students.

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 5 schools in the Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arizona that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arizona landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Arizona is a large school located in Tucson, Arizona that handed out 128 bachelors’s EE degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Arizona not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arizona” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Arizona is $15,016 for Arizona Bachelor’s Degree EE students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Skysong. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arizona list. This large school is located in Scottsdale, Arizona, and it awarded 85 bachelors’s EE degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our arizona bachelor’s degree ee students list, ASU - Skysong has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arizona” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for ASU - Skysong is $13,971 for arizona bachelor’s degree ee students.

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#4

Northern Arizona University

Flagstaff, Arizona

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern Arizona University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arizona list. NAU is a large school located in Flagstaff, Arizona that handed out 102 bachelors’s EE degrees in 2019-2020.

NAU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arizona” list. The estimated yearly cost for NAU is $12,915 for Arizona Bachelor’s Degree EE students.

Full Northern Arizona University Electrical Engineering Report

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arizona that were part of this year’s ranking, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott landed the #5 spot on the list. Embry-Riddle Prescott is a small school located in Prescott, Arizona that handed out 10 bachelors’s EE degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our arizona bachelor’s degree ee students list, Embry-Riddle Prescott has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arizona” ranking. It costs about $35,396 for arizona bachelor’s degree ee students per year to attend Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott.

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%.

Read more about Electrical Engineering at Embry-Riddle Prescott

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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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