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2023 Best Value General Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$7,549 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$45,596 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Engineering Technology Associate Degree School for You

General Engineering Technology is the #27 most popular major in the country with 3,841 degrees and certificates awarded in 2021-2022.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which trade school program is right for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Trade College Search has created the Best Value General Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which ones offered the best value associate degree programs for engineering tech 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. 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.

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

2023 Best Value General Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value General Engineering Technology Associate Degree Colleges.

Best Far Western US Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in General Engineering Technology

Our analysis found Bellingham Technical College to be the best value school for general engineering technology students who want to pursue a associate degree in the Far Western US Region . Bellingham Vocational Technical Institute is a small public school located in the small city of Bellingham.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Bellingham Vocational Technical Institute are $5,357 per year.

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#2

Olympic College

Bremerton, WA

The excellent associate degree programs at Olympic College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value general engineering technology schools in the Far Western US Region . Located in the small city of Bremerton, OC is a public college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at OC are $9,740 a year.

OC also claimed a spot on our Best General Engineering Technology Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Far Western US Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

Read full report on General Engineering Technology at Olympic College

Best General Engineering Technology Colleges by State

Explore the best general engineering technology colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 222
California 316
Oregon 4

General Engineering Technology is one of 18 different types of trade school programs to choose from.

Engineering Tech Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Engineering Technology 3,685
Applied Engineering Technologies 156

Majors Similar to Engineering 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to KUKA Systems GmbH.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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