2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering Technology in the Rocky Mountains Region (With Aid)

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In 2019-2020, 4,195 people earned their degree in general engineering technology, making the major the 155th most popular in the United States. 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 Rocky Mountains region, there were 130 general engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $43,300 and $12,875 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 103 general engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,111 and $23,874 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.

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.

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Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering Technology in the Rocky Mountains Region (With Aid)

#1

Southern Utah University

Cedar City, Utah

#1 in overall quality

$14,285 Average Net Price

$48,682 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Utah University landed the #1 spot on the list. Southern Utah University is located in Cedar City, Utah and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 19 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees to qualified students.

Southern Utah University also made our “Best General Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend Southern Utah University is $14,285 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Engineering Tech students with aid.

Read full report on General Engineering Technology at Southern Utah University

• Best Value Bachelor’s 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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