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Best Value Quality Control Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

2023 Best Value Quality Control Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$11,463 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$48,825 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Quality Control Technology Associate Degree School for You

Quality Control Technology is the #160 most popular major in the country with 3,824 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

The Best Value Quality Control Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the Southeast Region to see which associate degree programs offered the best value experiences for quality control tech students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

Best Southeast Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Quality Control Technology

#1

Columbia Southern University

Orange Beach, AL

Our 2023 rankings named Columbia Southern University the best value school in the Southeast Region for quality control technology students working on their associate degree. Located in the fringe town of Orange Beach, Columbia Southern University is a private for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Columbia Southern University are $5,775 per year. The average amount in student loans that quality control tech majors at Columbia Southern University take out while working on their Associate Degree is $18,736.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Columbia Southern University is ranked #3 for overall quality for quality control tech in the Southeast Region .

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The excellent associate degree programs at Fairmont State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value quality control technology schools in the Southeast Region . Fairmont State is a small public school located in the distant town of Fairmont.

Fairmont State undergraduate students pay an average of $17,150 in tuition and fees each year.

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Best Quality Control Technology Colleges by State

Explore the best quality control technology schools for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 41
North Carolina 17
Florida 79
Kentucky 204
South Carolina 0
Louisiana 33
Alabama 1,475
West Virginia 22

One of 18 majors within the area of study, quality control 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
Electronics Engineering Technology 8,592

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Gina Collecchia.

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