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2023 Best Value Environmental Control Technology Associate Degree Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

35 Colleges
$10,008 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$39,483 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Environmental Control Technology Associate Degree School for You

Environmental Control Technology is the #22 most popular major in the country with 9,376 degrees and certificates awarded in 2021-2022.

It's not easy to decide which trade school program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Trade College Search has developed this Best Value Environmental Control Technology Associate Degree Schools ranking. This report analyzed 35 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best value associate degree programs for environmental control tech students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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

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

Top 10 Best Environmental Control Technology Associate Degree Schools

#1

Bismarck State College

Bismarck, ND

Our 2023 rankings named Bismarck State College the best value school in the United States for environmental control technology students working on their associate degree. BSC is a small public school located in the city of Bismarck.

BSC undergraduate students pay an average of $7,227 in tuition and fees each year.

BSC also took the #5 spot in our Best Environmental Control Technology Associate Degree Trade Schools rankings.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means St Cloud Technical and Community College is a great value for environmental control technology students working on their associate degree. St Cloud Technical and Community College is a small public school located in the city of Saint Cloud.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at St Cloud Technical and Community College are $6,075 a year. The average amount in student loans that environmental control tech majors at St Cloud Technical and Community College take out while working on their Associate Degree is $9,310.

In addition to its great value ranking, St Cloud Technical and Community College is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Environmental Control Technology Associate Degree Trade Schools list.

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The excellent associate degree programs at Northeast Wisconsin Technical College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value environmental control technology schools in the United States. NWTC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Green Bay.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at NWTC are $6,965 per year. On average, environmental control tech graduates from NWTC take out $15,423 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

In addition to its great value ranking, NWTC is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Environmental Control Technology Associate Degree Trade Schools list.

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#4

Antelope Valley College

Lancaster, CA

Out of the 35 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Antelope Valley College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Antelope Valley College is a large public school located in the suburb of Lancaster.

Antelope Valley College undergraduate students pay an average of $7,724 in tuition and fees each year.

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#5

Kirkwood Community College

Cedar Rapids, IA

Out of the 35 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Kirkwood Community College landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Cedar Rapids, Kirkwood Community College is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Kirkwood Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $7,604 in tuition and fees each year.

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North Dakota State College of Science ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Environmental Control Technology Associate Degree Schools list. Located in the town of Wahpeton, North Dakota State College of Science is a public college with a small student population.

North Dakota State College of Science undergraduate students pay an average of $6,879 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, North Dakota State College of Science is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Environmental Control Technology Associate Degree Trade Schools list.

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Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value associate degree environmental control technology programs. Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology is a small public school located in the city of Lancaster.

Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology undergraduate students pay an average of $8,450 in tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology also did well on our Best Environmental Control Technology Associate Degree Trade Schools list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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#8

Ferris State University

Big Rapids, MI

Ferris State University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Environmental Control Technology Associate Degree Schools ranking. Located in the distant town of Big Rapids, Ferris is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Ferris are $13,608 a year. The average amount in student loans that environmental control tech majors at Ferris take out while working on their Associate Degree is $11,795.

In addition to its great value ranking, Ferris is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Environmental Control Technology Associate Degree Trade Schools list.

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#9

Stark State College

North Canton, OH

With a ranking of #9, Stark State College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for environmental control technology students working on their associate degree. Stark State College is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of North Canton.

Stark State College undergraduate students pay an average of $7,644 in tuition and fees each year.

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Macomb Community College came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Environmental Control Technology Associate Degree Schools ranking. Located in the city of Warren, Macomb Community College is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Macomb Community College are $7,830 per year.

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Environmental Control Technology by Region

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Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Other U.S. Territories
Great Lakes

Environmental Control Technology is one of 18 different types of trade school programs to choose from.

Environmental Control Tech Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Engineering Technology 7,993
Water Quality & Wastewater Treatment Management & Recycling Technology 800
Environmental Engineering Technology/Environmental Technology 329
Other Environmental Control Technologies 128
Hazardous Materials Management & Waste Technology 126

Related Major Annual Graduates
Industrial Production Technology 11,288
Electromechanical Engineering Technology 10,780
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 25 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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