2022 Best Value Engineering Science Schools for an Associate

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Science Schools for an Associate” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 1,668 people earned their degree in engineering science, making the major the 208th most popular in the United States. 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.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great engineering science programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

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

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Engineering Science Schools for an Associate” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Engineering Science Schools for an Associate

The colleges and universities below are the best for associate degree engineering science students.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Engineering Science

#1

Houston Community College

Houston, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$5,272 Average Net Price

$33,993 Average Early-Career Earnings

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. Houston Community College is a large public school situated in Houston, Texas. It awarded 134 associates’s engineering science degrees in 2019-2020.

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 estimated yearly cost for Houston Community College is $5,272 for associate degree engineering science students.

Read more about 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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