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2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Engineering Technologies Associate Degree School for You
In 2021-2022, engineering technologies students earned 1,913 degrees and certificates from a Pennsylvania school, making the subject the 4th in the state.
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're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Trade College Search has created its Best Value Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. Our analysis looked at 11 schools in Pennsylvania to see which associate degree programs offered the best value experiences for engineering 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 Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania
The following schools top our list of the Best Value Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Colleges.
Top 10 Best Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools
A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology is a great value for engineering technologies students working on their associate degree. Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology is a small public school located in the small city of Lancaster.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology are $8,450 a year.
Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Trade Schools in Pennsylvania list.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pittsburgh Technical College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list. Pittsburgh Technical College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Oakdale.
Pittsburgh Technical College undergraduate students pay an average of $16,974 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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With a ranking of #6, Community College of Beaver County did quite well on this year’s best value schools for engineering technologies students working on their associate degree. Located in the suburb of Monaca, CCBC is a public school with a small student population.
CCBC undergraduate students pay an average of $13,350 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
Lackawanna College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for engineering technologies students to get a associate degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Lackawanna College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Scranton.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Lackawanna College are $17,340 per year.
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Pennsylvania College of Technology landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value associate degree engineering technologies programs. Penn College is a small public school located in the city of Williamsport.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Penn College are $17,940 per year.
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YTI Career Institute-York came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. YTI is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the medium-sized suburb of York.
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Berks Technical Institute ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list. Berks Technical Institute is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Wyomissing.
Best Value Engineering Technologies Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region
Explore all the Best Value Engineering Technologies Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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New Jersey | 1,136 |
Maryland | 458 |
Delaware | 106 |
New York | 3,694 |
District of Columbia | 38 |
Majors Related to Engineering Tech
Engineering Tech Majors to Study
Major | Annual Graduates |
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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 |
Engineering-Related Fields | 6,553 |
Mechanical Engineering Technology | 6,205 |
Construction Engineering Technology | 4,299 |
General Engineering Technology | 3,841 |
Quality Control Technology | 3,720 |
Computer Engineering Technology | 3,509 |
Engineering Technology (Other) | 1,907 |
Energy Systems Technologies | 1,277 |
Architectural Engineering Technology | 1,239 |
Civil Engineering Technology | 1,155 |
Engineering-Related Technologies | 969 |
Mining & Petroleum Technology | 410 |
Nuclear Engineering Technology | 235 |
Nanotechnology | 104 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 11 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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