2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Engineering in the Southwest Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

General Engineering is the 83rd most popular major in the country with 9,411 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 1,480 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 524 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general 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 general 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.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The engineering 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 Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region”.

We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.

Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region

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

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Engineering in the Southwest Region

#1

Austin Community College District

Austin, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$6,861 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Austin Community College District. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region list. Located in Austin, Texas, this large public school awarded 81 degrees to qualified associates’s engineering students in 2019-2020.

Austin Community College District also made our “Best General Engineering Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $6,861 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Engineering students per year to attend Austin Community College District.

Read full report on General Engineering at Austin Community College District

#2

Northwest Vista College

San Antonio, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$5,413 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwest Vista College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region list. This fairly large school is located in San Antonio, Texas, and it awarded 14 associates’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Northwest Vista College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best General Engineering Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Northwest Vista College is $5,413 for southwest region associate degree engineering students.

Full Northwest Vista College General Engineering Report

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Engineering

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 Rémi Kaupp.

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