2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
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.
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 Southwest Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 25 schools in the Southwest Region to see which associate degree programs offered the best value experiences for engineering tech students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
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.
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2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest 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 analysis found Panola College to be the best value school for engineering technologies students who want to pursue a associate degree in the Southwest Region . Located in the town of Carthage, Panola College is a public college with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Panola College are $4,680 per year.
Panola College also claimed a spot on our Best Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.
A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Lee College is a great value for engineering technologies students working on their associate degree. Located in the city of Baytown, Lee College is a public school with a medium-sized student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Lee College are $4,302 a year.
Lee College also claimed a spot on our Best Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.
Out of the 25 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Tyler Junior College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Tyler, Tyler Junior College is a public school with a large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Tyler Junior College are $4,440 a year.
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Out of the 25 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Victoria College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Victoria College is a small public school located in the city of Victoria.
Victoria College undergraduate students pay an average of $4,872 in tuition and fees each year.
The excellent associate degree programs at Amarillo College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value engineering technologies schools in the Southwest Region . Amarillo College is a medium-sized public school located in the midsize city of Amarillo.
Amarillo College undergraduate students pay an average of $4,704 in tuition and fees each year.
San Jacinto 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 #6 on the list. Located in the large suburb of Pasadena, San Jacinto College is a public college with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at San Jacinto College are $5,040 a year.
With a ranking of #7, Navarro College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for engineering technologies students working on their associate degree. Navarro College is a medium-sized public school located in the distant town of Corsicana.
Navarro College undergraduate students pay an average of $6,368 in tuition and fees each year.
San Juan 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 #8 on the list. Located in the small city of Farmington, SJC is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.
SJC undergraduate students pay an average of $4,546 in tuition and fees each year.
Del Mar College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. DMC is a large public school located in the large city of Corpus Christi.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at DMC are $5,930 a year.
Houston Community College landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value associate degree engineering technologies programs. Houston Community College is a fairly large public school located in the city of Houston.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Houston Community College are $5,460 per year.
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Best Engineering Technologies Colleges by State
Explore the best engineering technologies schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Arizona | 502 |
| Texas | 4,414 |
| New Mexico | 223 |
| Oklahoma | 687 |
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Majors Related to Engineering Tech
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 |
Most Popular Related Majors
| 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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