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2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

25 Colleges
$16,764 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.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. This report analyzed 25 schools in the Middle Atlantic 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.

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 Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

Top 10 Best Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools

Our analysis found Thomas Edison State University to be the best value school for engineering technologies students who want to pursue a associate degree in the Middle Atlantic Region . TESU is a medium-sized public school located in the small city of Trenton.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at TESU are $9,342 per year.

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

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Edinboro University of Pennsylvania is a great value for engineering technologies students working on their associate degree. Edinboro is a small public school located in the fringe town of Edinboro.

Edinboro undergraduate students pay an average of $15,062 in tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Edinboro also did well on our Best Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. It’s in the top 5% 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 Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology is a small public school located in the small city of Lancaster.

Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology undergraduate students pay an average of $8,450 in tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology also did well on our Best Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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#4

Excelsior College

Albany, NY

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Excelsior College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Excelsior College is a large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Albany.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Excelsior College is ranked #1 for overall quality for engineering tech in the Middle Atlantic Region .

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The excellent associate degree programs at Brookdale Community College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value engineering technologies schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Brookdale Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the rural area of Lincroft.

Brookdale Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $9,554 in tuition and fees each year.

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California University of Pennsylvania came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Cal U is a moderately-sized public school located in the small suburb of California.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Cal U are $15,726 a year.

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

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Fulton-Montgomery Community College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. FM is a small public school located in the rural area of Johnstown.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at FM are $5,718 per year.

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Clarion University of Pennsylvania came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Clarion University is a small public school located in the town of Clarion.

Clarion University undergraduate students pay an average of $16,052 in tuition and fees each year.

Clarion University also claimed a spot on our Best Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

Read full report on Engineering Technologies at Clarion University of Pennsylvania

With a ranking of #9, Pittsburgh Technical College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for engineering technologies students working on their associate degree. Pittsburgh Technical College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Oakdale.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Pittsburgh Technical College are $16,699 per year.

Read full report on Engineering Technologies at Pittsburgh Technical College

#10

Lackawanna College

Scranton, PA

Lackawanna College landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value associate degree engineering technologies programs. Lackawanna College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Scranton.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Lackawanna College are $16,130 per year.

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Best Engineering Technologies Colleges by State

Explore the best engineering technologies colleges for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.

State Degrees Awarded
New Jersey 906
Pennsylvania 2,033
New York 3,941
Maryland 325
Delaware 71
District of Columbia 220

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

Majors Similar to Engineering Tech

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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