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2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arizona For Those Getting Aid

4 Ranked Colleges
3,028 Degrees Awarded
$17,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor's in Arizona For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arizona For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 200,458 engineering students received their degree, making the major the 6th most popular in the country. 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 Arizona, there were 4,467 engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $65,336 and $24,000 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 3,028 engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,194 and $24,661 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arizona For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent engineering programs, but they also cost less that 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 program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arizona For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for arizona bachelor’s degree engineering students with aid.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering in Arizona (With Aid)

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arizona For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #1 spot on the list. Arizona State University - Tempe is a public institution located in Tempe, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 1,605 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

ASU - Tempe did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arizona” list. The estimated yearly cost for Arizona State University - Tempe is $11,706 for Arizona Bachelor’s Degree Engineering students with aid.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Read full report on Engineering at Arizona State University - Tempe

#2

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arizona. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arizona For Those Getting Aid. University of Arizona is a large public school situated in Tucson, Arizona. It awarded 587 bachelors’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Arizona not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arizona” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Arizona is $15,016 for Arizona Bachelor’s Degree Engineering students with aid.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arizona State University - Skysong. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arizona For Those Getting Aid. Located in Scottsdale, Arizona, this large public school handed out 175 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s engineering students in 2019-2020.

ASU - Skysong also made our “Best Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arizona” list, coming in at #4. It costs about $13,971 for Arizona Bachelor’s Degree Engineering students with aid per year to attend Arizona State University - Skysong.

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#3

Northern Arizona University

Flagstaff, Arizona
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern Arizona University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arizona For Those Getting Aid list. NAU is a large school located in Flagstaff, Arizona that handed out 341 bachelors’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

NAU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arizona” list. The yearly cost to attend NAU is $12,915 for arizona bachelor’s degree engineering students with aid.

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#2 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arizona For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott landed the #4 spot on the list. Embry-Riddle Prescott is a private not-for-profit institution located in Prescott, Arizona. The school has a small population, and it awarded 218 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Embry-Riddle Prescott also took the #2 spot in our “Best Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arizona” ranking. It costs about $35,396 for arizona bachelor’s degree engineering students with aid per year to attend Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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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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