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2023 Best Value Electrical & Power Installation Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$7,978 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$52,042 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Electrical & Power Transmission Installers Associate Degree School for You

With 26,459 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, electrical & power transmission installers is the #10 most popular major in the United States.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which trade school program is right for you. 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Trade College Search has developed this Best Value Electrical & Power Installation Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones offered the best value associate degree programs for electrical transmission installation 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. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Electrical & Power Transmission Installers Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Electrical & Power Transmission Installers Associate Degree Colleges.

Best Southwest Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Electrical & Power Installation

Our analysis found Texas State Technical College to be the best value school for electrical & power transmission installers students who want to pursue a associate degree in the Southwest Region . TSTC is a large public school located in the medium-sized city of Waco.

TSTC undergraduate students pay an average of $11,094 in tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that electrical transmission installation majors at TSTC take out while working on their Associate Degree is $12,085.

TSTC also claimed a spot on our Best Electrical & Power Installation Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Southwest Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

Read full report on Electrical & Power Transmission Installers at Texas State Technical College

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Central New Mexico Community College is a great value for electrical & power transmission installers students working on their associate degree. CNM is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Albuquerque.

CNM undergraduate students pay an average of $7,978 in tuition and fees each year. After completing their Associate Degree, electrical transmission installation graduates from CNM carry an average student debtload of $10,307.

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Best Electrical & Power Transmission Installers Colleges by State

Explore the best electrical & power transmission installers schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 170
Texas 1,563
Oklahoma 331
New Mexico 90

Electrical & Power Transmission Installers is one of 6 different types of trade school programs to choose from.

Electrical Transmission Installation Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Electrician 22,237
Lineworker 2,257
General Electrical & Power Transmission Installation/Installer 1,836
Other Electrical & Power Transmission Installers 129

Related Major Annual Graduates
Building Management & Inspection 5,269
Carpentry 3,899
Plumbing & Water Supply 2,888
Construction 1,813
Masonry 284

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 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 Fran Hogan.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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