2022 Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for an Associate in Washington For Those Making $75-$110k

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 Engineering Technology Schools for an Associate in Washington For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 4,056 people earned their degree in engineering technology, making the major the 196th most popular in the United States.

Across Washington, there were 282 engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 63 engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,441 and $15,677 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for an Associate in Washington For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in engineering technology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality engineering technology programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the engineering technology program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for an Associate in Washington For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for an Associate in Washington For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 3 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Engineering Technology (Income $75-$110k) in Washington

#1

Bellingham Technical College

Bellingham, Washington

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bellingham Technical College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for an Associate in Washington For Those Making $75-$110k list. Bellingham, Washington is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s engineering tech degrees to 28 students in 2019-2020.

Bellingham Vocational Technical Institute also made our “Best Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in Washington” list, coming in at #1.

Full Bellingham Technical College Engineering Technology Report

#2

Clover Park Technical College

Lakewood, Washington

#2 in overall quality

$13,351 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Clover Park Technical College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for an Associate in Washington For Those Making $75-$110k list. Lakewood, Washington is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s engineering tech degrees to 14 students in 2019-2020.

CPTC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in Washington” list. The yearly cost to attend CPTC is $13,351 for Washington Associate Degree Engineering Technology students whose families make $75-$110k.

Read more about Engineering Technology at CPTC

#3

Olympic College

Bremerton, Washington

#3 in overall quality

$11,883 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for an Associate in Washington For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Olympic College landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Bremerton, Washington, this medium-sized public school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified associates’s engineering tech students in 2019-2020.

OC also took the #3 spot in our “Best Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in Washington” ranking. It costs about $11,883 for Washington Associate Degree Engineering Technology students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend OC.

Read full report on Engineering Technology at OC

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Engineering Technology (Income $75-$110k) in the Far Western US Region
• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Engineering Technology (Income $75-$110k)

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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