2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Architectural Engineering Technology (Income $30-$48k) in the Plains States Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value AE Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 1,336 people earned their degree in architectural engineering technology, making the major the 228th most popular in the United States. 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 Plains States region, there were 30 architectural engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 4 architectural engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great architectural engineering technology programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the architectural engineering technology program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 AE Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value AE Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value AE Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Architectural Engineering Technology (Income $30-$48k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Ranken Technical College

Saint Louis, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$13,436 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ranken Technical College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value AE Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Saint Louis, Missouri, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 4 degrees to qualified bachelors’s AE tech students in 2019-2020.

Ranken Technical College also made our “Best Architectural Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $13,436 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree AE Tech students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Ranken Technical College.

Read full report on Architectural Engineering Technology at Ranken Technical College

• Best Value Bachelor’s 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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