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

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Engineering Science Schools for an Associate For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Engineering Science is the 208th most popular major in the country with 1,668 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, engineering science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $60,800 and had an average of $20,111 in loans still to pay off.

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

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality 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 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 For Those Making $30-$48k”.

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Best Value Engineering Science Schools for an Associate For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for associate degree engineering science students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Engineering Science (Income $30-$48k)

#1

Houston Community College

Houston, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$5,351 Average Net Price

$33,993 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Engineering Science Schools for an Associate For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Houston Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Houston Community College is located in Houston, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 134 associates’s engineering science degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Houston Community College, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Engineering Science Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Houston Community College is $5,351 for associate degree engineering science students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read full report on Engineering Science at Houston Community College

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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