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2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Manufacturing Engineering Technology (Income Over $110k) in the Southwest Region

5 Ranked Colleges
123 Degrees Awarded
$11,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Vallue Manufacturing Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Vallue Manufacturing Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Manufacturing Engineering Technology is the 258th most popular major in the country with 5,052 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 330 manufacturing engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 123 manufacturing engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

This year’s “Best Vallue Manufacturing Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in manufacturing engineering technology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality manufacturing 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 manufacturing engineering technology program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Vallue Manufacturing Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue Manufacturing Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k.

Top 5 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Manufacturing Engineering Technology (Income Over $110k) in the Southwest Region

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas State Technical College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Vallue Manufacturing Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k. Located in Waco, Texas, this fairly large public school handed out 75 diplomas to qualified associates’s manufacturing tech students in 2019-2020.

TSTC also took the #1 spot in our “Best Manufacturing Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Texas State Technical College is $10,114 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Manufacturing Tech students whose families make more than $110k.

Read full report on Manufacturing Engineering Technology at Texas State Technical College

#2

Houston Community College

Houston, Texas
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Houston Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Vallue Manufacturing Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k list. Houston, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s manufacturing tech degrees to 13 students in 2019-2020.

Houston Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Manufacturing Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $5,272 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Manufacturing Tech students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend Houston Community College.

Read full report on Manufacturing Engineering Technology at Houston Community College

#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Vallue Manufacturing Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Wharton County Junior College landed the #3 spot on the list. Wharton County Junior College is a medium-sized public school situated in Wharton, Texas. It awarded 3 associates’s manufacturing tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Wharton County Junior College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Manufacturing Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Wharton County Junior College is $5,334 for southwest region associate degree manufacturing tech students whose families make more than $110k.

Full Wharton County Junior College Manufacturing Engineering Technology Report

#4

Kilgore College

Kilgore, Texas
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Kilgore College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Vallue Manufacturing Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k. This medium-sized school is located in Kilgore, Texas, and it awarded 9 associates’s manufacturing tech degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region associate degree manufacturing tech students whose families make more than $110k list, Kilgore College has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Manufacturing Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $7,593 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Manufacturing Tech students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend Kilgore College.

Read more about Manufacturing Engineering Technology at Kilgore College

#5

El Paso Community College

El Paso, Texas
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend El Paso Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Vallue Manufacturing Tech Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k list. This large school is located in El Paso, Texas, and it awarded 8 associates’s manufacturing tech degrees in 2019-2020.

El Paso Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Manufacturing Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for El Paso Community College is $4,594 for southwest region associate degree manufacturing tech students whose families make more than $110k.

Full El Paso Community College Manufacturing Engineering Technology Report

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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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