2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Engineering Technology (Income $0-$30k) in North Carolina

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in North Carolina For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

General Engineering Technology is the 155th most popular major in the country with 4,195 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, general engineering technology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $49,903 and had an average of $20,609 in loans still to pay off.

Across North Carolina, there were 234 general engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,400 and $22,109 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 47 general engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,912 and $18,026 respectively.

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

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general engineering technology 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.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The engineering tech school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in North Carolina For Those Making $0-$30k”.

To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in North Carolina For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in North Carolina For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Engineering Technology (Income $0-$30k) in North Carolina

#1

Wilkes Community College

Wilkesboro, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$1,803 Average Net Price

$33,993 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in North Carolina For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Wilkes Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Wilkesboro, North Carolina, and it awarded 13 associates’s engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Wilkes Community College also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in North Carolina” ranking. It costs about $1,803 for North Carolina Associate Degree Engineering Tech students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Wilkes Community College.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read full report on General Engineering Technology at Wilkes Community College

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Engineering Technology (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Engineering Technology (Income $0-$30k)

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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