2022 Best Value Applied Engineering Technologies Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Applied Engineering Technologies Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Applied Engineering Technologies is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 139 degrees were awarded to students with this major.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 24 applied engineering technologies graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Applied Engineering Technologies Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in applied engineering technologies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality applied engineering technologies programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the applied engineering technologies program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Applied Engineering Technologies Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Applied Engineering Technologies Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Applied Engineering Technologies (Income $30-$48k)

#1

Sam Houston State University

Huntsville, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$11,634 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Applied Engineering Technologies Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Sam Houston State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Sam Houston State University is a large public school situated in Huntsville, Texas. It awarded 20 bachelors’s applied engineering technologies degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SHSU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Applied Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for SHSU is $11,634 for Bachelor’s Degree Applied Engineering Technologies students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read more about Applied Engineering Technologies at SHSU

#2

SUNY Canton

Canton, New York

#2 in overall quality

$12,557 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend SUNY Canton. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Applied Engineering Technologies Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Canton, New York, this small public school awarded 4 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s applied engineering technologies students in 2019-2020.

SUNY Canton also made our “Best Applied Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend SUNY Canton is $12,557 for bachelor’s degree applied engineering technologies students whose families make $30-$48k.

Full SUNY Canton Applied Engineering Technologies Report

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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