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2023 Best Value Electronics Engineering Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

9 Colleges
$8,040 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$48,492 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Electronics Engineering Technology Associate Degree School for You

Electronics Engineering Technology is the #132 most popular major in the country with 8,592 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Electronics Engineering Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. This report analyzed 9 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones offered the best value associate degree programs for EE tech students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Electronics Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Electronics Engineering Technology Associate Degree Colleges.

Best Southwest Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Electronics Engineering

#1

Victoria College

Victoria, TX

Our 2023 rankings named Victoria College the best value school in the Southwest Region for electronics engineering technology students working on their associate degree. Victoria College is a small public school located in the small city of Victoria.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Victoria College are $4,872 a year. After completing their Associate Degree, EE tech graduates from Victoria College carry an average student debtload of $11,435.

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Out of the 9 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, San Jacinto Community College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the large suburb of Pasadena, San Jacinto College is a public college with a fairly large student population.

San Jacinto College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,040 in tuition and fees each year.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Houston Community College is a great value for electronics engineering technology students working on their associate degree. Houston Community College is a very large public school located in the large city of Houston.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Houston Community College are $5,460 a year. The average amount in student loans that EE tech majors at Houston Community College take out while working on their Associate Degree is $17,580.

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#4

Lone Star College System

The Woodlands, TX

The excellent associate degree programs at Lone Star College System helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value electronics engineering technology schools in the Southwest Region . North Harris Montgomery is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of The Woodlands.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at North Harris Montgomery are $6,168 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, North Harris Montgomery also is in the top 10% of our Best Electronics Engineering Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Tarrant County College District. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Electronics Engineering Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Tarrant County College is a very large public school located in the city of Fort Worth.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Tarrant County College are $8,235 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Tarrant County College is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Electronics Engineering Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list.

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Austin Community College District ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Electronics Engineering Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of Austin, Austin Community College District is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Austin Community College District are $10,590 per year. The average amount in student loans that EE tech majors at Austin Community College District take out while working on their Associate Degree is $14,439.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Austin Community College District also is in the top 10% of our Best Electronics Engineering Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking.

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#7

Vernon College

Vernon, TX

Vernon College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Electronics Engineering Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Vernon Regional Junior College is a small public school located in the rural area of Vernon.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Vernon Regional Junior College are $6,120 per year.

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DeVry University - Arizona ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Electronics Engineering Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. DeVry University - Arizona is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the city of Phoenix.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at DeVry University - Arizona are $15,032 per year. The average amount in student loans that EE tech majors at DeVry University - Arizona take out while working on their Associate Degree is $33,371.

DeVry University - Arizona excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Electronics Engineering Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list.

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Texas State Technical College ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Electronics Engineering Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the midsize city of Waco, TSTC is a public school with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at TSTC are $11,369 per year. EE Tech majors at TSTC take out an average of $12,713 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

Full Electronics Engineering Technology at Texas State Technical College Report

Best Electronics Engineering Technology Colleges by State

Explore the best electronics engineering technology schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 310
Arizona 56
Oklahoma 28
New Mexico 29

One of 18 majors within the area of study, electronics engineering technology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Industrial Production Technology 11,906
Electromechanical Engineering Technology 10,593
Drafting & Design Engineering Technology 8,964
Environmental Control Technology 8,690
Engineering-Related Fields 6,736

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 9 schools only.

  • 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 the rest 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).

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