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2023 Best Value Environmental Control Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

7 Colleges
$10,867 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$37,056 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Environmental Control Technology Associate Degree School for You

Environmental Control Technology is the #220 most popular major in the country with 8,690 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Environmental Control Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. This report analyzed 7 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones offered the best value associate degree programs for environmental control tech students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Environmental Control Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for environmental control tech majors pursuing a associate degree.

Best Southwest Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Environmental Control Technology

Our 2023 rankings named Tarrant County College District the best value school in the Southwest Region for environmental control technology students working on their associate degree. 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.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Tarrant County College also did well on our Best Environmental Control Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Lamar Institute of Technology. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Environmental Control Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of Beaumont, Lamar Institute of Technology is a public college with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Lamar Institute of Technology are $12,636 per year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas State Technical College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Environmental Control Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of Waco, TSTC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at TSTC are $11,369 a year. Environmental Control Tech majors at TSTC take out an average of $19,468 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

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Out of the 7 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Austin Community College District landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the city of Austin, Austin Community College District is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Austin Community College District are $10,590 a year. The average amount in student loans that environmental control tech majors at Austin Community College District take out while working on their Associate Degree is $10,085.

Austin Community College District excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Environmental Control Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list.

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#5

St Philip's College

San Antonio, TX

Out of the 7 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, St Philip’s College landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the city of San Antonio, St Philip's College is a public school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at St Philip’s College are $14,122 a year.

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#6

Vernon College

Vernon, TX

Vernon College ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Environmental Control Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Vernon Regional Junior College is a small public school located in the rural area of Vernon.

Vernon Regional Junior College undergraduate students pay an average of $6,120 in tuition and fees each year.

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Western Technical College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Environmental Control Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the city of El Paso, Western Technical College is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

After completing their Associate Degree, environmental control tech graduates from Western Technical College carry an average student debtload of $19,476.

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Best Environmental Control Technology Colleges by State

Explore the best environmental control technology schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 202
Arizona 14
Oklahoma 0
New Mexico 10

Environmental Control Technology is one of 18 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Industrial Production Technology 11,906
Electromechanical Engineering Technology 10,593
Drafting & Design Engineering Technology 8,964
Electronics Engineering Technology 8,592
Engineering-Related Fields 6,736

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 7 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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