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2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Architectural Technology/Technician (With Aid)

3 Ranked Colleges
447 Degrees Awarded
$19,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Architectural Technology/Technician Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Architectural Technology/Technician Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Architectural Technology/Technician is the 536th most popular major in the country with 780 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 447 architectural technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Architectural Technology/Technician Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in architectural technology/technician. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent architectural technology/technician programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the architectural technology/technician program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The architectural technology/technician school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Architectural Technology/Technician Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value Architectural Technology/Technician Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for associate degree architectural technology/technician students with aid.

Top 3 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Architectural Technology/Technician (With Aid)

#1

Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology

Lancaster, Pennsylvania
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Architectural Technology/Technician Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid. Lancaster, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s architectural technology/technician degrees to 20 students in 2019-2020.

Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Architectural Technology/Technician Associate Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology is $8,108 for associate degree architectural technology/technician students with aid.

Read full report on Architectural Technology/Technician at Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology

#2

Dunwoody College of Technology

Minneapolis, Minnesota
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Dunwoody College of Technology. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Architectural Technology/Technician Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid. Dunwoody College of Technology is a private not-for-profit institution located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 21 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Dunwoody College of Technology not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Architectural Technology/Technician Associate Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Dunwoody College of Technology is $24,488 for Associate Degree Architectural Technology/Technician students with aid.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Full Dunwoody College of Technology Architectural Technology/Technician Report

#3

Pennsylvania College of Technology

Williamsport, Pennsylvania
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Pennsylvania College of Technology. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Architectural Technology/Technician Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid. This small school is located in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 15 associates’s architectural technology/technician degrees in 2019-2020.

Penn College also made our “Best Architectural Technology/Technician Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #3. The estimated yearly cost for Pennsylvania College of Technology is $25,794 for Associate Degree Architectural Technology/Technician students with aid.

Full Penn College Architectural Technology/Technician Report

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Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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