2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k

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With 200,458 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, engineering is the 6th most popular major in the United States. In 2017-2018, engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $64,888 and had an average of $23,564 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 40,264 engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,596 and $23,814 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 1,177 engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,631 and $18,547 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality 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 engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 4 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Engineering (Income $48-$75k) in the Southeast Region

#1

Northern Virginia Community College

Annandale, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$10,980 Average Net Price

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Virginia Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Northern Virginia Community College is a large school located in Annandale, Virginia that handed out 183 associates’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Northern Virginia Community College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Engineering Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $10,980 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Engineering students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Northern Virginia Community College.

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#2

Wake Technical Community College

Raleigh, North Carolina

#3 in overall quality

$7,247 Average Net Price

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Wake Technical Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Wake Technical Community College is a large school located in Raleigh, North Carolina that handed out 124 associates’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Wake Technical Community College, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Engineering Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Wake Technical Community College is $7,247 for southeast region associate degree engineering students whose families make $48-$75k.

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#3

Tidewater Community College

Norfolk, Virginia

#4 in overall quality

$9,775 Average Net Price

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Tidewater Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Norfolk, Virginia, and it awarded 99 associates’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Tidewater Community College also took the #4 spot in our “Best Engineering Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Tidewater Community College is $9,775 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Engineering students whose families make $48-$75k.

Full Tidewater Community College Engineering Report

#4

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide

Daytona Beach, Florida

#2 in overall quality

$21,120 Average Net Price

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide landed the #4 spot on the list. Daytona Beach, Florida is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out associates’s engineering degrees to 31 students in 2019-2020.

Embry-Riddle Worldwide did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Engineering Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $21,120 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Engineering students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Embry-Riddle Worldwide.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Engineering at Embry-Riddle Worldwide

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Engineering (Income $48-$75k)

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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