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2023 Best Value Associate Degree Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$11,384 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$45,799 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Energy Systems Technologies Associate Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 1,161 people earned a degree or certificate in energy systems technologies, making the major the #42 most popular in the United States.

Today's trade school students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent.

The Best Value Associate Degree Schools ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 2 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best value associate degree programs for energy systems technologies students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Energy Systems Technologies Associate Degree Schools in the United States

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Energy Systems Technologies Associate Degree Colleges.

Best Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in

#1

Excelsior University

Albany, NY

Our 2023 rankings named Excelsior University the best value school in the United States for energy systems technologies students working on their associate degree. Excelsior University is a large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Albany.

Excelsior University also claimed a spot on our Best Associate Degree Trade Schools list. It’s in the top 1% of all schools in this category.

Full Energy Systems Technologies at Excelsior University Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Associate Degree Schools list. OSU Institute of Technology is a small public school located in the town of Okmulgee.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at OSU Institute of Technology are $11,384 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, OSU Institute of Technology also is in the top 15% of our Best Associate Degree Trade Schools ranking.

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Energy Systems Technologies by Region

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Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

One of 18 majors within the trade school area of study, energy systems technologies has other similar majors worth exploring.

Energy Systems Technologies Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Power Plant Technology 101
Wind Energy Technology 13
Geothermal Energy Technology 1

Majors Similar to Energy Systems Technologies

Related Major Annual Graduates
Industrial Production Technology 11,466
Electromechanical Engineering Technology 10,550
Drafting & Design Engineering Technology 8,819
Environmental Control Technology 8,601
Electronics Engineering Technology 8,553

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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