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2023 Best Value Environmental Control Technology Schools in the Southwest Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

16 Colleges
$9,843 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$38,546 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Environmental Control Technology 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.

The Best Value Environmental Control Technology Schools in the Southwest Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 16 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones offered the best value 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 Schools in the Southwest Region

Check out the environmental control tech programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Top 10 Best Environmental Control Technology Schools

#1

Laredo College

Laredo, TX
$5,748 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Laredo College the best value school in the Southwest Region for environmental control technology students. Laredo College is a moderately-sized public school located in the large city of Laredo.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Laredo College are $5,748 per year.

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$14,975 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Altierus Career College - Bissonnet is a great value for environmental control technology students. Located in the large city of Houston, Altierus Career College - Bissonnet is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

Altierus Career College - Bissonnet undergraduate students pay an average of $14,975 in tuition and fees each year. Environmental Control Tech majors at Altierus Career College - Bissonnet take out an average of $9,500 in student loans while working on their egree.

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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 Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of Waco, TSTC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

TSTC undergraduate students pay an average of $11,369 in tuition and fees each year. While working on their degree, environmental control tech majors at TSTC accumulate an average of around $13,830 in student debt.

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$12,636 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Lamar Institute of Technology. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Environmental Control Technology 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.

Lamar Institute of Technology undergraduate students pay an average of $12,636 in tuition and fees each year.

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The excellent programs at Tarrant County College District helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best environmental control technology schools in the Southwest Region . 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 Schools in the Southwest Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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Austin Community College District did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for environmental control technology students. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the large 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.

Austin Community College District excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Environmental Control Technology Schools in the Southwest Region list.

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#7

Vernon College

Vernon, TX
$6,120 Average Tuition & Fees

Vernon College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for environmental control technology students. It came in at #7 on the list. 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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#8

St Philip's College

San Antonio, TX
$14,122 Average Tuition & Fees

St Philip’s College landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value environmental control technology programs. Located in the city of San Antonio, St Philip's College is a public school with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at St Philip’s College are $14,122 per year.

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South Texas Vocational Technical Institute-San Antonio landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value environmental control technology programs. Located in the city of San Antonio, South Texas Vo-Tech is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

On average, environmental control tech graduates from South Texas Vo-Tech take out $13,000 in student loans while working on their degree. For students who choose a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly student loan payment is $53.

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Southern Careers Institute - Harlingen landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value environmental control technology programs. Located in the small city of Harlingen, Southern Careers Institute - Harlingen is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

While working on their degree, environmental control tech majors at Southern Careers Institute - Harlingen accumulate an average of around $9,500 in student debt. When it comes time to repay the loan, graduates who are on a 10-year repayment plan pay an average monthly payment of $63.

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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

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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 16 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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