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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 fairly 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.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, GTC also did well on our Best Architectural Engineering Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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#2

Midlands Technical College

West Columbia, SC

Out of the 6 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Midlands Technical College landed the # 2 spot on the list. MTC is a medium-sized public school located in the suburb of West Columbia.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at MTC are $13,812 a year.

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#3

Northern Kentucky University

Highland Heights, KY

Out of the 6 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Kentucky University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Highland Heights, NKU is a public school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at NKU are $20,848 a 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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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Fairmont State University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Architectural Engineering Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. 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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Out of the 6 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Nashville State Community College landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the city of Nashville, Nashville State Community College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Nashville State Community College are $17,188 a year.

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With a ranking of #6, Pellissippi State Community College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for architectural engineering technology students working on their associate degree. Located in the 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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