2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Engineering Science

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Engineering Science Schools for an Associate” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 1,668 people earned their degree in general engineering science, making the major the 337th most popular in the United States.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 497 general engineering science graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general engineering science programs that also have a lower cost than 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 general engineering science program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The engineering science school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Engineering Science Schools for an Associate”.

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Best Value Engineering Science Schools for an Associate

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engineering Science Schools for an Associate.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Engineering Science

#1

Houston Community College

Houston, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$5,272 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Engineering Science Schools for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Houston Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Houston, Texas, this large public school handed out 134 degrees to qualified associates’s engineering science students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our associate degree engineering science students list, Houston Community College has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best General Engineering Science Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Houston Community College is $5,272 for Associate Degree Engineering Science students.

Full Houston Community College General Engineering Science Report

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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Nicolás Pérez.

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