2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in Oregon

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 an Associate in Oregon” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Oregon, there were 2,270 engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,676 and $24,485 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 81 engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in Oregon” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality engineering programs that also have a lower cost than 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in Oregon

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

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Engineering in Oregon

#1

Chemeketa Community College

Salem, Oregon

#1 in overall quality

$5,965 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in Oregon that were part of this year’s ranking, Chemeketa Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Salem, Oregon, and it awarded 8 associates’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Chemeketa Community College also took the #1 spot in our “Best Engineering Associate Degree Schools in Oregon” ranking. It costs about $5,965 for oregon associate degree engineering students per year to attend Chemeketa Community College.

Read more about Engineering at Chemeketa Community College

#2

Portland Community College

Portland, Oregon

#2 in overall quality

$8,914 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in Oregon that were part of this year’s ranking, Portland Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Portland Community College is a large school located in Portland, Oregon that handed out 19 associates’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Portland Community College, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Engineering Associate Degree Schools in Oregon” ranking. It costs about $8,914 for oregon associate degree engineering students per year to attend Portland Community College.

Read full report on Engineering at Portland Community College

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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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