2022 Best Value Colleges for Electrician in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Electrician Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Electrician is the 266th most popular major in the country with 18,666 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 1,221 electrician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Electrician Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the electrician program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The electrician 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 Electrician Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value Electrician Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region electrician students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Electrician in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#1

Central New Mexico Community College

Albuquerque, New Mexico

#1 in overall quality

$3,429 Average Net Price

$29,375 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Electrician Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Central New Mexico Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Albuquerque, New Mexico is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s electrician degrees to 235 students in 2019-2020.

CNM not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Electrician Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for CNM is $3,429 for southwest region electrician students with aid.

Read more about Electrician at Central New Mexico Community College

#2

St Philip's College

San Antonio, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$6,250 Average Net Price

$34,014 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend St Philip’s College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Electrician Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. San Antonio, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s electrician degrees to 45 students in 2019-2020.

St Philip’s College also took the #2 spot in our “Best Electrician Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend St Philip’s College is $6,250 for Southwest Region Electrician students with aid.

Read more about Electrician at St Philip’s College

• Best Value Colleges for Electrician (With Aid)

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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Fran Hogan.

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