2022 Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in Iowa For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in Iowa For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Iowa, there were 17 general engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 16 general engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,684 and $18,179 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general 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 general engineering technology program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in Iowa For Those Getting Aid” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in Iowa For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in Iowa For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Engineering Technology in Iowa (With Aid)

#1

Iowa Central Community College

Fort Dodge, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$10,102 Average Net Price

$32,925 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Iowa Central Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in Iowa For Those Getting Aid list. Iowa Central Community College is a small school located in Fort Dodge, Iowa that handed out 10 associates’s engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Iowa Central Community College also made our “Best General Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in Iowa” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for Iowa Central Community College is $10,102 for Iowa Associate Degree Engineering Tech students with aid.

Read full report on General Engineering Technology at Iowa Central Community College

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Engineering Technology in the Plains States Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Engineering Technology (With Aid)

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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