2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Pre-Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Pre-Engineering Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Pre-Engineering is the 314th most popular major in the country with 2,230 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southeast region, there were 471 pre-engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 441 pre-engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,631 and $18,547 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality pre-engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the pre-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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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Pre-Engineering Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Pre-Engineering Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Pre-Engineering Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Pre-Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

#1

Wake Technical Community College

Raleigh, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$4,607 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wake Technical Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Pre-Engineering Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Raleigh, North Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s pre-engineering degrees to 124 students in 2019-2020.

Wake Technical Community College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Pre-Engineering Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Wake Technical Community College is $4,607 for southeast region associate degree pre-engineering students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read full report on Pre-Engineering at Wake Technical Community College

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Pre-Engineering (Income $0-$30k)

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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• Credit for the banner image above goes to Rémi Kaupp.

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