2022 Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 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.

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 Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region master’s degree engineering tech students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering Technology in the Far Western US Region (With Aid)

#1

Central Washington University

Ellensburg, Washington

#1 in overall quality

$24,976 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Washington University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Ellensburg, Washington, this fairly large public school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified masters’s engineering tech students in 2019-2020.

CWU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Engineering Technology Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at CWU are $24,976, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about General Engineering Technology at Central Washington University

• Best Value Master’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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