2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Alternative Fuel Vehicle Technology/Technician in the Far Western US Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Alternative Fuel Vehicle Technology/Technician Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Alternative Fuel Vehicle Technology/Technician is the 1199th most popular major in the country with 213 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 154 alternative fuel vehicle technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 7 alternative fuel vehicle technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,689 and $18,419 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Alternative Fuel Vehicle Technology/Technician Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in alternative fuel vehicle technology/technician. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality alternative fuel vehicle technology/technician 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 alternative fuel vehicle technology/technician program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Alternative Fuel Vehicle Technology/Technician Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Alternative Fuel Vehicle Technology/Technician Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Alternative Fuel Vehicle Technology/Technician in the Far Western US Region

#1

Rio Hondo College

Whittier, California

#1 in overall quality

$5,487 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rio Hondo College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Alternative Fuel Vehicle Technology/Technician Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region. This fairly large school is located in Whittier, California, and it awarded 2 associates’s alternative fuel vehicle technology/technician degrees in 2019-2020.

RHCCD did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Alternative Fuel Vehicle Technology/Technician Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for RHCCD is $5,487 for Far Western US Region Associate Degree Alternative Fuel Vehicle Technology/Technician students.

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#2

Saddleback College

Mission Viejo, California

#2 in overall quality

$4,246 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saddleback College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Alternative Fuel Vehicle Technology/Technician Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region list. Saddleback College is a fairly large public school situated in Mission Viejo, California. It awarded 1 associates’s alternative fuel vehicle technology/technician degrees in 2019-2020.

Saddleback College also made our “Best Alternative Fuel Vehicle Technology/Technician Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend Saddleback College is $4,246 for Far Western US Region Associate Degree Alternative Fuel Vehicle Technology/Technician students.

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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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