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Best Value Quality Control Technology Associate Degree Schools in Alabama

2023 Best Value Quality Control Technology Associate Degree Schools in Alabama

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

1 College
$6,015 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$48,825 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Quality Control Technology Associate Degree School for You

Quality Control Technology is one of the most popular subjects to study in Alabama. With 1,116 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, it ranked 4th out of all the majors we track in the state.

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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Trade College Search has developed this Best Value Quality Control Technology Associate Degree Schools in Alabama ranking.

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.

Best Quality Control Technology Associate Degree School

#1

Columbia Southern University

Orange Beach, AL

Our analysis found Columbia Southern University to be the best value school for quality control technology students who want to pursue a associate degree in Alabama. Columbia Southern University is a large private for-profit school located in the fringe town of Orange Beach.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Columbia Southern University are $6,015 a year. After completing their Associate Degree, quality control tech graduates from Columbia Southern University carry an average student debtload of $16,218.

Columbia Southern University did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Quality Control Technology Associate Degree Trade Schools in Alabama list.

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Best Value Quality Control Technology Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Quality Control Technology Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
South Carolina 16
Georgia 2
Arkansas 0
Florida 47
North Carolina 15
Louisiana 31
West Virginia 18
Tennessee 6
Kentucky 211

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

Quality Control Tech Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Occupational Safety & Health Technology 2,874
Quality Control Technology 499
Industrial Safety Technology 237
Other Quality Control & Safety Technologies 105
Hazardous Materials Information Systems Technology 5

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 values are for the top school 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 Gina Collecchia.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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