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Best Value Engineering-Related Technologies Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

2023 Best Value Engineering-Related Technologies Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$7,515 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$48,729 Avg Salary

Engineering-Related Technologies is the #44 most popular major in the country with 969 degrees and certificates awarded in 2021-2022.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for trade school students. 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.

The Best Value Engineering-Related Technologies Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 3 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones offered the best value associate degree programs for engineering-related 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. 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.

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

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

#1

Tyler Junior College

Tyler, TX

Our analysis found Tyler Junior College to be the best value school for engineering-related technologies students who want to pursue a associate degree in the Southwest Region . Tyler Junior College is a large public school located in the midsize city of Tyler.

Tyler Junior College undergraduate students pay an average of $4,440 in tuition and fees each year.

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#2

Lone Star College System

The Woodlands, TX

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Lone Star College System is a great value for engineering-related technologies students working on their associate degree. Located in the medium-sized city of The Woodlands, North Harris Montgomery is a public school with a very large student population.

North Harris Montgomery undergraduate students pay an average of $6,456 in tuition and fees each year.

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The excellent associate degree programs at Austin Community College District helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value engineering-related technologies schools in the Southwest Region . Austin Community College District is a fairly large public school located in the city of Austin.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Austin Community College District are $10,590 a year.

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Explore the best engineering-related technologies schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 6
Texas 89
Oklahoma 41
New Mexico 1

One of 18 majors within the trade school area of study, engineering-related technologies has other similar majors worth exploring.

Major Annual Graduates
Surveying Technology/Surveying 744
Hydraulics & Fluid Power Technology 178
Other Engineering-Related Technologies 47

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 3 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 Mike1979 Russia.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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