2022 Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k

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 Tech Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this 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 the Far Western US region, there were 565 general engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $48,350 and $21,000 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 1 general engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,319 and $48,880 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general engineering technology programs, but they also cost less that 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 general engineering technology program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering Technology (Income $0-$30k) in the Far Western US Region

#1

Central Washington University

Ellensburg, Washington

#1 in overall quality

$24,976 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Central Washington University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Ellensburg, Washington, this fairly large public school awarded 1 degrees to qualified masters’s engineering tech students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at CWU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Engineering Technology Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at CWU are $24,976, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on General Engineering Technology at Central Washington University

• Best Value Master’s 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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