2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Architectural Engineering Technology in the Southwest Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on AE Tech Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2021-2022, 1,239 people earned their degree in architectural engineering technology, making the major the 427th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 15 architectural engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 14 architectural engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,470 and $15,074 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on AE Tech Major in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in architectural engineering technology. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in architectural engineering technology.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on AE Tech Major in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on AE Tech Major in the Southwest Region”.

Top 4 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Architectural Engineering Technology in the Southwest Region

1

Del Mar College
Corpus Christi, Texas

Top 20% overall quality in Southwest

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on AE Tech Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Del Mar College landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Corpus Christi, Texas, and it awarded 13 associates’s ae tech degrees in 2021-2022.

Full Del Mar College Architectural Engineering Technology Report

2

Coconino Community College
Flagstaff, Arizona

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on AE Tech Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Coconino Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Coconino Community College is a small public school situated in Flagstaff, Arizona. It awarded 0 associates’s ae tech degrees in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about Architectural Engineering Technology at Coconino Community College

3

Tarrant County College District
Fort Worth, Texas

Top 25% overall quality in Southwest

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tarrant County College District. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on AE Tech Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Fort Worth, Texas, this large public school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified associates’s ae tech students in 2021-2022.

Read more about Architectural Engineering Technology at Tarrant County College District

4

San Antonio College
San Antonio, Texas

Top 20% overall quality in Southwest

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Antonio College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on AE Tech Major in the Southwest Region list. San Antonio College is a fairly large public school situated in San Antonio, Texas. It awarded 0 associates’s ae tech degrees in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Architectural Engineering Technology at San Antonio College

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.