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2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in Texas

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

20 Colleges
$4,547 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$46,260 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Engineering Technologies Associate Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 4,414 degrees and certificates were awarded to engineering technologies students who went to a Texas college or university. This makes it the #16 most popular major in the state.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

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 Texas ranking. This report analyzed 20 schools in Texas 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.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in Texas

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Colleges.

Top 10 Best Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools

Our analysis found Lamar Institute of Technology to be the best value school for engineering technologies students who want to pursue a associate degree in Texas. Lamar Institute of Technology is a small public school located in the midsize city of Beaumont.

Lamar Institute of Technology undergraduate students pay an average of $2,844 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#2

Panola College

Carthage, TX

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Panola College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in Texas list. Panola College is a small public school located in the distant town of Carthage.

Panola College undergraduate students pay an average of $3,672 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Panola College is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in Texas list.

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#3

Lee College

Baytown, TX

Out of the 20 schools in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Lee College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Lee College is a moderately-sized public school located in the small city of Baytown.

Lee College undergraduate students pay an average of $3,882 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Lee 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 Texas list.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means San Jacinto Community College is a great value for engineering technologies students working on their associate degree. San Jacinto College is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Pasadena.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at San Jacinto College are $3,240 per year.

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#5

Amarillo College

Amarillo, TX

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Amarillo College. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in Texas list. Located in the midsize city of Amarillo, Amarillo College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Amarillo College are $3,168 per year.

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#6

Tyler Junior College

Tyler, TX

Tyler Junior College ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in Texas list. Tyler Junior College is a large public school located in the midsize city of Tyler.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Tyler Junior College are $3,864 per year.

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#7

Victoria College

Victoria, TX

Victoria College ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in Texas list. Located in the city of Victoria, Victoria College is a public college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Victoria College are $3,840 a year.

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Tarrant County College District ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in Texas list. Located in the large city of Fort Worth, Tarrant County College is a public college with a very large student population.

Tarrant County College undergraduate students pay an average of $3,402 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Tarrant County College also claimed a spot on our Best Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in Texas list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

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#9

Navarro College

Corsicana, TX

With a ranking of #9, Navarro College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for engineering technologies students working on their associate degree. Located in the distant town of Corsicana, Navarro College is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

Navarro College undergraduate students pay an average of $4,508 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Texas State Technical College landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value associate degree engineering technologies programs. TSTC is a large public school located in the midsize city of Waco.

TSTC undergraduate students pay an average of $6,950 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Best Value Engineering Technologies Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Best Value Engineering Technologies Colleges in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 502
New Mexico 223
Oklahoma 687

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 20 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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