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.
Top 10 Best Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Panola College the best value school in the Southwest Region for engineering technologies students working on their associate degree. Located in the distant town of Carthage, Panola College is a public college with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Panola College are $4,680 a year.
Panola College 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 Southwest Region list.
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The excellent associate degree programs at Lee College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value engineering technologies schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the city of Baytown, Lee College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Lee College are $4,302 per 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.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Tyler Junior College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of Tyler, Tyler Junior College is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Tyler Junior College are $4,440 per year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Victoria College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region 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.
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Out of the 25 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Amarillo College landed the # 5 spot on the list. Amarillo College is a moderately-sized public school located in the medium-sized city of Amarillo.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Amarillo College are $4,704 a year.
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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 suburb of Pasadena, San Jacinto College is a public school with a fairly large student population.
San Jacinto College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,040 in tuition and fees each year.
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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 moderately-sized public school located in the distant town of Corsicana.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Navarro College are $6,368 per year.
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San Juan College ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of Farmington, SJC is a public school with a medium-sized student population.
SJC undergraduate students pay an average of $4,546 in tuition and fees each year.
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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 city of Corpus Christi.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at DMC are $5,930 per year.
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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 very 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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Request InformationBest Engineering Technologies Colleges by State
Explore the best engineering technologies colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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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 |
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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 |
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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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.