2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in Indiana

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in Indiana” ranking.

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 Indiana, there were 5,513 engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $67,347 and $23,483 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 49 engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,715 and $18,910 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great engineering programs and cost less that 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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 Indiana”.

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. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.

Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in Indiana

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

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Engineering in Indiana

#1

Indiana Institute of Technology - College of Professional Studies

Fort-Wayne, Indiana

#1 in overall quality

$16,269 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Indiana Institute of Technology - College of Professional Studies. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in Indiana list. Located in Fort-Wayne, Indiana, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 11 degrees to qualified associates’s engineering students in 2019-2020.

Indiana Tech - CPS did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Engineering Associate Degree Schools in Indiana” list. The estimated yearly cost for Indiana Tech - CPS is $16,269 for Indiana Associate Degree Engineering students.

Read full report on Engineering at Indiana Tech - CPS

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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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