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2023 Best Value Architectural Engineering Basic Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$15,500 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Architectural Engineering Technology Basic Certificate 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Trade College Search has developed this Best Value Architectural Engineering Basic Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the Southeast Region to see which basic certificate programs offered the best value experiences for ae tech students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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 Basic Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Architectural Engineering Technology Basic Certificate Colleges.

Best Southeast Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking Less Than 1 Year in Architectural Engineering

#1

Midlands Technical College

West Columbia, SC

Our 2023 rankings named Midlands Technical College the best value school in the Southeast Region for architectural engineering technology students working on their basic certificate. MTC is a medium-sized public school located in the large suburb of West Columbia.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at MTC are $13,812 per year.

Read full report on Architectural Engineering Technology at Midlands Technical College

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Nashville State Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Architectural Engineering Basic Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. 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.

Read full report on Architectural Engineering Technology at Nashville State Community College

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 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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