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Best Value Engineering Technologies Bachelor's Degree Schools in Washington

2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Bachelor's Degree Schools in Washington

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$8,445 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$57,857 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Engineering Technologies Bachelor's Degree School for You

In 2021-2022, engineering technologies students earned 2,537 degrees and certificates from a Washington school, making the subject the 2nd in the state.

It's not easy to decide which trade school program to enroll in when you have so many options available. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Trade College Search has developed this Best Value Engineering Technologies Bachelor's Degree Schools in Washington ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Washington to see which bachelor's 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.

2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Washington

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for engineering tech majors pursuing a bachelor's degree.

Best Washington Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Engineering Technologies

Our 2023 rankings named Bellingham Technical College the best value school in Washington for engineering technologies students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the small city of Bellingham, Bellingham Vocational Technical Institute is a public school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Bellingham Vocational Technical Institute are $4,095 a year.

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Out of the 4 schools in Washington that were part of this year’s ranking, Central Washington University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the distant town of Ellensburg, CWU is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at CWU are $8,845 a year.

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Out of the 4 schools in Washington that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Washington University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the town of Cheney, EWU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

EWU undergraduate students pay an average of $8,139 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Engineering Technologies at Eastern Washington University Report

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Washington State University is a great value for engineering technologies students working on their bachelor’s degree. Wazzu is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Pullman.

Wazzu undergraduate students pay an average of $12,701 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Wazzu is ranked #1 for overall quality for engineering tech in Washington.

Full Engineering Technologies at Washington State University Report

Best Value Engineering Technologies Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Engineering Technologies Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Alaska 112
Hawaii 91
Oregon 592
California 4,871
Nevada 286

Engineering Tech Majors to Study

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
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 4 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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