2022 Best Value AE Tech Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value AE Tech Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Architectural Engineering Technology is the 228th most popular major in the country with 1,336 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, architectural engineering technology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $49,833 and had an average of $22,511 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 50 architectural engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 25 architectural engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,689 and $18,419 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value AE Tech Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in architectural engineering technology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great architectural engineering technology programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the architectural engineering technology 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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Best Value AE Tech Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value AE Tech Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Architectural Engineering Technology (Income $30-$48k) in the Far Western US Region

#1

Clover Park Technical College

Lakewood, Washington

#1 in overall quality

$7,930 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Clover Park Technical College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value AE Tech Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Clover Park Technical College is a small public school situated in Lakewood, Washington. It awarded 20 associates’s AE tech degrees in 2019-2020.

CPTC also took the #1 spot in our “Best Architectural Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Clover Park Technical College is $7,930 for far western us region associate degree ae tech students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read more about Architectural Engineering Technology at Clover Park Technical College

#2

University of Alaska Anchorage

Anchorage, Alaska

#2 in overall quality

$12,663 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value AE Tech Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alaska Anchorage landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Alaska Anchorage is a fairly large public school situated in Anchorage, Alaska. It awarded 4 associates’s AE tech degrees in 2019-2020.

UAA also took the #2 spot in our “Best Architectural Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. It costs about $12,663 for far western us region associate degree ae tech students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend University of Alaska Anchorage.

Read full report on Architectural Engineering Technology at UAA

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Architectural Engineering Technology (Income $30-$48k)

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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