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Best Value Architectural Engineering Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

2023 Best Value Architectural Engineering Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$16,193 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$40,374 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Architectural Engineering Technology Associate Degree School for You

Architectural Engineering Technology is the #40 most popular major in the country with 1,239 degrees and certificates awarded in 2021-2022.

There are so many trade school programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Trade College Search has created its Best Value Architectural Engineering Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. This report analyzed 6 schools in the Southeast Region to see which ones offered the best value associate degree programs for ae 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. 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.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Architectural Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for ae tech majors pursuing a associate degree.

Best Southeast Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Architectural Engineering

Our 2023 rankings named Greenville Technical College the best value school in the Southeast Region for architectural engineering technology students working on their associate degree. GTC is a large public school located in the small city of Greenville.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at GTC are $10,202 per year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, GTC also is in the top 15% of our Best Architectural Engineering Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Southeast Region ranking.

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#2

Midlands Technical College

West Columbia, SC

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Midlands Technical College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Architectural Engineering Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. MTC is a medium-sized public school located in the large suburb of West Columbia.

MTC undergraduate students pay an average of $13,812 in tuition and fees each year.

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#3

Northern Kentucky University

Highland Heights, KY

The excellent associate degree programs at Northern Kentucky University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value architectural engineering technology schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the suburb of Highland Heights, NKU is a public school with a large student population.

NKU undergraduate students pay an average of $20,848 in tuition and fees each year. On average, ae tech graduates from NKU take out $21,930 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Fairmont State University is a great value for architectural engineering technology students working on their associate degree. Fairmont State is a small public school located in the town of Fairmont.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Fairmont State are $17,836 a year.

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The excellent associate degree programs at Nashville State Community College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value architectural engineering technology schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the large city of Nashville, Nashville State Community College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Nashville State Community College are $17,188 per year.

Full Architectural Engineering Technology at Nashville State Community College Report

Pellissippi State Community College ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Architectural Engineering Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the large suburb of Knoxville, Pellissippi State Community College is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Pellissippi State Community College are $17,272 a year.

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Best Architectural Engineering Technology Colleges by State

Explore the best architectural engineering technology schools for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 7
South Carolina 19
North Carolina 252
Florida 21
West Virginia 17
Louisiana 13
Virginia 1
Kentucky 9
Tennessee 23
Mississippi 100

One of 18 majors within the trade school area of study, architectural engineering technology has other similar majors worth exploring.

AE Tech Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Architectural Engineering Technology 1,239

Majors Similar to AE Tech

Related Major Annual Graduates
Industrial Production Technology 11,288
Electromechanical Engineering Technology 10,780
Environmental Control Technology 9,376
Drafting & Design Engineering Technology 8,822
Electronics Engineering Technology 8,347

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 6 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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