Computer Engineering Technology is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #82 most popular associate degree program in the country. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual reviewed 3 schools in the Southeast Region to determine which ones were the best for associate degree seekers in the field of computer engineering technology. Combined, these schools handed out 341 associate degrees in computer engineering technology to qualified students.
Choosing a Great Computer Engineering Technology School for Your Associate Degree
The computer engineering tech associate degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:
Quality Overall Is Important
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To take this into account we consider a school's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a host of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.
Average Earnings
One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of associate graduates during the early years of their career. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their associate degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on computer engineering technology students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - How many other computer engineering technology students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
Student Debt - How much debt computer engineering technology students go into to obtain their associate degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized computer engineering technology related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for computer engineering technology students working on their associate degree.
More Ways to Rank Computer Engineering Technology Schools
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Computer Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Computer Engineering Technology in the Southeast Region
The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in computer engineering technology.
Top Southeast Region Schools for an Associate in Computer Engineering Tech
It is difficult to beat ECPI University if you want to pursue an associate degree in computer engineering technology. Located in the city of Virginia Beach, ECPI University is a private for-profit university with a large student population.
Associate recipients from the computer engineering technology degree program at ECPI University get $6,747 above the typical college grad with the same degree shortly after graduation.
Every student pursuing a degree in an associate degree in computer engineering technology has to take a look at Arkansas State University - Beebe. ASU-Beebe is a small public university located in the fringe town of Beebe.
Students who graduate with their associate from the computer engineering tech program report average early career earnings of $37,876.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
The computer engineering tech associate degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:
