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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering-Related Technologies (Income $75-$110k) in the Far Western US Region

4 Ranked Colleges
44 Degrees Awarded
$15,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Engineering-Related Tech Schools for a Bachelor's in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $75-$110k

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 “Best Value Engineering-Related Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Engineering-Related Technologies is the 273rd most popular major in the country with 884 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, engineering-related technologies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $55,300 and had an average of $12,619 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 155 engineering-related technologies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 44 engineering-related technologies graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,083 and $22,209 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Engineering-Related Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in engineering-related technologies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great engineering-related technologies programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the engineering-related technologies 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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The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region bachelor’s degree engineering-related tech students whose families make $75-$110k.

#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California State University - Fresno. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering-Related Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Fresno, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s engineering-related tech degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

Fresno State also took the #3 spot in our “Best Engineering-Related Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. It costs about $11,819 for far western us region bachelor’s degree engineering-related tech students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend California State University - Fresno.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 4.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Engineering-Related Technologies at California State University - Fresno

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Alaska Anchorage. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering-Related Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. UAA is a fairly large school located in Anchorage, Alaska that handed out 12 bachelors’s engineering-related tech degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our far western us region bachelor’s degree engineering-related tech students whose families make $75-$110k list, UAA has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Engineering-Related Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. It costs about $17,264 for Far Western US Region Bachelor’s Degree Engineering-Related Tech students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend University of Alaska Anchorage.

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#3

Great Basin College

Elko, Nevada
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Great Basin College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering-Related Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Located in Elko, Nevada, this small public school handed out 7 degrees to qualified bachelors’s engineering-related tech students in 2019-2020.

Great Basin College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Engineering-Related Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Great Basin College is $11,537 for far western us region bachelor’s degree engineering-related tech students whose families make $75-$110k.

Read more about Engineering-Related Technologies at Great Basin College

#4

Oregon Institute of Technology

Klamath Falls, Oregon

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Engineering-Related Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Oregon Institute of Technology landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Klamath Falls, Oregon, this medium-sized public school handed out 14 degrees to qualified bachelors’s engineering-related tech students in 2019-2020.

OIT also took the #1 spot in our “Best Engineering-Related Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. It costs about $19,528 for far western us region bachelor’s degree engineering-related tech students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Oregon Institute of Technology.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Oregon Institute of Technology Engineering-Related Technologies Report

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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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