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2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Electrician (Income $48-$75k) in the Southwest Region

2 Ranked Colleges
69 Degrees Awarded
Best Value Electrician Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Electrician Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 18,666 people earned their degree in electrician, making the major the 266th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 1,221 electrician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 69 electrician graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Electrician Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in electrician. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality electrician programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the electrician program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Electrician Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Electrician Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Electrician Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Electrician (Income $48-$75k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Central New Mexico Community College

Albuquerque, New Mexico
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Central New Mexico Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Electrician Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k. This large school is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and it awarded 25 associates’s electrician degrees in 2019-2020.

CNM not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Electrician Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Central New Mexico Community College is $5,676 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Electrician students whose families make $48-$75k.

Full Central New Mexico Community College Electrician Report

#2

St Philip's College

San Antonio, Texas
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend St Philip’s College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Electrician Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k. San Antonio, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s electrician degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

St Philip’s College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Electrician Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for St Philip’s College is $8,285 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Electrician students whose families make $48-$75k.

Full St Philip’s College Electrician 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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