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

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.

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.

TESU 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 Middle Atlantic Region list.

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Out of the 25 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania landed the # 2 spot on the list. 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.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Edinboro also is in the top 5% of our Best Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology. It ranked #3 on our 2023 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.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology are $8,450 per year.

Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology 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 Middle Atlantic Region list.

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#4

Excelsior College

Albany, NY

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Excelsior College is a great value for engineering technologies students working on their associate degree. Excelsior College is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Albany.

Excelsior College also made our Best Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list, coming in at #1.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Brookdale Community College is a great value for engineering technologies students working on their associate degree. Brookdale Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the rural area of Lincroft.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Brookdale Community College are $9,554 per year.

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California University of Pennsylvania landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value associate degree engineering technologies programs. Cal U is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of California.

Cal U undergraduate students pay an average of $15,726 in tuition and fees each year.

Cal U also claimed a spot on our Best Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

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Fulton-Montgomery 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 #7 on the list. 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 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 #8 on the list. Clarion University is a small public school located in the town of Clarion.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Clarion University are $16,052 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Clarion University is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list.

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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.

Pittsburgh Technical College undergraduate students pay an average of $16,699 in tuition and fees each year.

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#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.

Lackawanna College undergraduate students pay an average of $16,130 in tuition and fees each 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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