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2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

32 Colleges
$9,584 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$46,260 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Engineering Technologies Associate Degree School for You

Engineering Technologies is the #20 most popular major in the country with 85,188 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. 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 Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 32 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best value associate degree programs for engineering 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 Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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

Top 10 Best Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Alpena Community College the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for engineering technologies students working on their associate degree. Located in the rural area of Alpena, Alpena Community College is a public school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Alpena Community College are $7,860 a year.

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Out of the 32 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Waukesha County Technical College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the large suburb of Pewaukee, WCTC is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at WCTC are $6,603 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, WCTC is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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The excellent associate degree programs at Southwest Wisconsin Technical College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value engineering technologies schools in the Great Lakes Region . Southwest Tech is a small public school located in the rural area of Fennimore.

Southwest Tech undergraduate students pay an average of $6,683 in tuition and fees each year.

Southwest Tech excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Chippewa Valley Technical College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the city of Eau Claire, CVTC is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

CVTC undergraduate students pay an average of $6,683 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, CVTC is in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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#5

Western Technical College

La Crosse, WI

Out of the 32 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Technical College landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the city of La Crosse, Western Technical College is a public school with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Western Technical College are $6,687 per year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Western Technical College also is in the top 10% of our Best Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking.

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Madison Area Technical College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the large city of Madison, Madison College is a public school with a large student population.

Madison College undergraduate students pay an average of $6,769 in tuition and fees each year.

Madison College also took the #4 spot in our Best Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region rankings.

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Cincinnati State Technical and Community College landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value associate degree engineering technologies programs. Cincinnati State is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Cincinnati.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Cincinnati State are $9,090 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Cincinnati State also is in the top 10% of our Best Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking.

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Northeast Wisconsin Technical College landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value associate degree engineering technologies programs. NWTC is a large public school located in the city of Green Bay.

NWTC undergraduate students pay an average of $6,849 in tuition and fees each year.

NWTC excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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With a ranking of #8, Fox Valley Technical College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for engineering technologies students working on their associate degree. FVTC is a large public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Appleton.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at FVTC are $6,861 per year.

FVTC also made our Best Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list, coming in at #5.

Read full report on Engineering Technologies at Fox Valley Technical College

#10

Owens Community College

Perrysburg, OH

Owens Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for engineering technologies students to get a associate degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the large suburb of Perrysburg, Owens State Community College is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Owens State Community College are $9,782 per year.

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Best Engineering Technologies Colleges by State

Explore the best engineering technologies schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Indiana 2,230
Michigan 2,201
Ohio 2,673
Illinois 1,478
Wisconsin 1,081

Engineering Tech Majors to Study

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
Engineering-Related Fields 6,736
Mechanical Engineering Technology 6,013
General Engineering Technology 4,676
Construction Engineering Technology 4,330
Quality Control Technology 3,824
Computer Engineering Technology 3,595
Engineering Technology (Other) 1,768
Architectural Engineering Technology 1,290
Energy Systems Technologies 1,256
Civil Engineering Technology 1,187
Engineering-Related Technologies 989
Mining & Petroleum Technology 445
Nuclear Engineering Technology 220
Nanotechnology 114

Related Major Annual Graduates
Computer & Information Sciences 254,454
Engineering 198,468
Biological & Biomedical Sciences 177,778
Mathematics & Statistics 52,396
Physical Sciences 50,306

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 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 KUKA Systems GmbH.

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