2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Engineering Technologies Associate Degree School for You
In 2021-2022, 84,036 engineering technologies students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #4 most popular in the country.
It's not easy to decide which trade school program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 the Southwest Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 25 schools in the Southwest Region 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.
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.
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2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region
Check out the engineering tech associate degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.
Top 10 Best Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Panola College the best value school in the Southwest Region for engineering technologies students working on their associate degree. Located in the town of Carthage, Panola College is a public college with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Panola College are $4,896 a year.
Panola College also made our Best Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Southwest Region list, coming in at #2.
A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Lee College is a great value for engineering technologies students working on their associate degree. Located in the small city of Baytown, Lee College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Lee College are $4,302 a year.
Lee College excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Southwest Region list.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Tyler Junior College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of Tyler, Tyler Junior College is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Tyler Junior College undergraduate students pay an average of $4,440 in tuition and fees each year.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Victoria College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Victoria College is a small public school located in the small city of Victoria.
Victoria College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,112 in tuition and fees each year.
Victoria College also claimed a spot on our Best Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Southwest Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.
Out of the 25 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Amarillo College landed the # 5 spot on the list. Amarillo College is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Amarillo.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Amarillo College are $4,704 per year.
San Jacinto Community College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the suburb of Pasadena, San Jacinto College is a public college with a fairly large student population.
San Jacinto College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,040 in tuition and fees each year.
Navarro College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Navarro College is a medium-sized public school located in the distant town of Corsicana.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Navarro College are $6,368 a year.
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With a ranking of #8, San Juan College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for engineering technologies students working on their associate degree. Located in the city of Farmington, SJC is a public college with a medium-sized student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at SJC are $4,882 a year.
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Del Mar 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 #9 on the list. Located in the large city of Corpus Christi, DMC is a public school with a medium-sized student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at DMC are $5,990 per year.
Houston Community College landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value associate degree engineering technologies programs. Houston Community College is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Houston.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Houston Community College are $5,460 a year.
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Best Engineering Technologies Colleges by State
Explore the best engineering technologies colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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Arizona | 835 |
Texas | 7,691 |
New Mexico | 654 |
Oklahoma | 1,185 |
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 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).
- Credit for the banner image above goes to KUKA Systems GmbH.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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