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2023 Best Value Quality Control Technology Associate Degree Schools in Texas

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

7 Colleges
$3,916 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$48,825 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Quality Control Technology Associate Degree School for You

Quality Control Technology is the #25 most popular major in Texas with 347 degrees and certificates awarded in 2021-2022.

There are so many trade school programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one 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 Texas ranking. Our analysis looked at 7 schools in Texas to see which associate degree programs offered the best value experiences for quality control tech students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Quality Control Technology Associate Degree Schools in Texas

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Quality Control Technology Associate Degree Colleges.

Best Texas Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Quality Control Technology

Our analysis found Lamar Institute of Technology to be the best value school for quality control technology students who want to pursue a associate degree in Texas. Located in the city of Beaumont, Lamar Institute of Technology is a public college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Lamar Institute of Technology are $2,844 a year.

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

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#2

Lee College

Baytown, TX

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Lee College is a great value for quality control technology students working on their associate degree. Located in the city of Baytown, Lee College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Lee College are $3,882 per year.

Lee College also took the #4 spot in our Best Quality Control Technology Associate Degree Trade Schools in Texas rankings.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend San Jacinto Community College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Quality Control Technology Associate Degree Schools in Texas list. Located in the large suburb of Pasadena, San Jacinto College is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at San Jacinto College are $3,240 a year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Tarrant County College District. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Quality Control Technology Associate Degree Schools in Texas list. Tarrant County College is a very large public school located in the city of Fort Worth.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Tarrant County College are $3,402 per year.

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#5

Del Mar College

Corpus Christi, TX

Out of the 7 schools in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Del Mar College landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Corpus Christi, DMC is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

DMC undergraduate students pay an average of $4,880 in in-state tuition and fees each year. After completing their Associate Degree, quality control tech graduates from DMC carry an average student debtload of $7,256.

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#6

Kilgore College

Kilgore, TX

Kilgore College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for quality control technology students to get a associate degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Kilgore College is a medium-sized public school located in the fringe town of Kilgore.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Kilgore College are $4,056 per year.

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With a ranking of #7, Texas State Technical College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for quality control technology students working on their associate degree. Located in the city of Waco, TSTC is a public school with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at TSTC are $6,969 per year. While working on their Associate Degree, quality control tech majors at TSTC accumulate an average of around $19,731 in student debt.

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

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Best Value Quality Control Technology Colleges in the Southwest Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 4
Oklahoma 236
New Mexico 26

One of 18 majors within the trade school area of study, quality control technology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Quality Control Tech Concentrations

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 averages are for the top 7 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 Gina Collecchia.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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