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Best Value Electromechanical Engineering Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

2023 Best Value Electromechanical Engineering Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

13 Colleges
$7,482 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$51,229 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Electromechanical Engineering Technology Associate Degree School for You

Electromechanical Engineering Technology is the #18 most popular major in the country with 10,780 degrees and certificates awarded in 2021-2022.

With all the trade school programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Trade College Search has created the Best Value Electromechanical Engineering Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 13 schools in the Southwest Region to see which associate degree programs offered the best value experiences for electromechanical engineering tech students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Electromechanical Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

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

Top 10 Best Electromechanical Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools

#1

Lee College

Baytown, TX

Our analysis found Lee College to be the best value school for electromechanical engineering technology students who want to pursue a associate degree in the Southwest Region . Lee College is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Baytown.

Lee College undergraduate students pay an average of $4,302 in tuition and fees each year.

Lee College excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Electromechanical Engineering Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Southwest Region list.

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#2

Tyler Junior College

Tyler, TX

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tyler Junior College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Electromechanical Engineering Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Tyler Junior College is a large public school located in the medium-sized city of Tyler.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Tyler Junior College are $4,440 per year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Jacinto Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Electromechanical Engineering Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. San Jacinto College is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Pasadena.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at San Jacinto College are $5,040 a year. On average, electromechanical engineering tech graduates from San Jacinto College take out $13,586 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

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#4

Amarillo College

Amarillo, TX

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Amarillo College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Electromechanical Engineering Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the midsize city of Amarillo, Amarillo College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Amarillo College are $4,704 a year. While working on their Associate Degree, electromechanical engineering tech majors at Amarillo College accumulate an average of around $15,673 in student debt.

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#5

San Juan College

Farmington, NM

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means San Juan College is a great value for electromechanical engineering technology students working on their associate degree. SJC is a medium-sized public school located in the small city of Farmington.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at SJC are $4,882 a year.

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Texas State Technical College landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value associate degree electromechanical engineering technology programs. TSTC is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Waco.

TSTC undergraduate students pay an average of $11,094 in tuition and fees each year. Electromechanical Engineering Tech majors at TSTC take out an average of $11,845 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

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

Full Electromechanical Engineering Technology at Texas State Technical College Report

Lamar Institute of Technology landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value associate degree electromechanical engineering technology programs. 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 $12,636 in tuition and fees each year. On average, electromechanical engineering tech graduates from Lamar Institute of Technology take out $12,337 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

In addition to its great value ranking, Lamar Institute of Technology is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Electromechanical Engineering Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Southwest Region list.

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Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Electromechanical Engineering Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the town of Okmulgee, OSU Institute of Technology is a public school with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at OSU Institute of Technology are $11,384 per year.

OSU Institute of Technology also claimed a spot on our Best Electromechanical Engineering Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Southwest Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

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Houston Community College landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value associate degree electromechanical engineering technology programs. Located in the large city of Houston, Houston Community College is a public college with a very large student population.

Houston Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,460 in tuition and fees each year.

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#10

Lone Star College System

The Woodlands, TX

Lone Star College System came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Electromechanical Engineering Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the medium-sized city of The Woodlands, North Harris Montgomery is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at North Harris Montgomery are $6,456 a year.

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Best Electromechanical Engineering Technology Colleges by State

Explore the best electromechanical engineering technology colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 312
Texas 1,366
Oklahoma 145
New Mexico 367

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

Electromechanical Engineering Tech Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Electromechanical Technology/Electromechanical Engineering Technology 2,769
Instrumentation Technology 2,624
Other Electromechanical & Instrumentation & Maintenance Technologies/Technicians 2,016
Biomedical Technology 1,156
Automation Engineer Technology 1,075
Robotics Technology 699
Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering Technology 441

Related Major Annual Graduates
Industrial Production Technology 11,288
Environmental Control Technology 9,376
Drafting & Design Engineering Technology 8,822
Electronics Engineering Technology 8,347
Engineering-Related Fields 6,553

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 13 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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