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

5 Ranked Colleges
59 Degrees Awarded
$19,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Welding Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate 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 has developed its “Best Value Welding Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 274 people earned their degree in welding engineering technology/technician, making the major the 865th most popular in the United States.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 59 welding engineering technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Welding Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in welding engineering technology/technician. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent welding engineering technology/technician 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 welding engineering technology/technician program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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

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

Top 5 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Welding Engineering Technology (With Aid)

#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Pellissippi State Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Welding Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid. Pellissippi State Community College is located in Knoxville, Tennessee and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 19 associates’s welding engineering tech degrees to qualified students.

Pellissippi State Community College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Welding Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Pellissippi State Community College is $5,744 for associate degree welding engineering tech students with aid.

Read more about Welding Engineering Technology at Pellissippi State Community College

#2

Mitchell Technical College

Mitchell, South Dakota
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mitchell Technical College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Welding Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid. Located in Mitchell, South Dakota, this small public school handed out 17 diplomas to qualified associates’s welding engineering tech students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Mitchell Tech, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Welding Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $12,472 for associate degree welding engineering tech students with aid per year to attend Mitchell Tech.

Full Mitchell Tech Welding Engineering Technology Report

#3

Great Basin College

Elko, Nevada
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Great Basin College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Welding Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid. Great Basin College is located in Elko, Nevada and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 associates’s welding engineering tech degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our associate degree welding engineering tech students with aid list, Great Basin College has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Welding Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Great Basin College is $7,437 for associate degree welding engineering tech students with aid.

Read more about Welding Engineering Technology at Great Basin College

#4

New England Institute of Technology

East Greenwich, Rhode Island
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New England Institute of Technology. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Welding Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid. New England Institute of Technology is a private not-for-profit institution located in East Greenwich, Rhode Island. The school has a small population, and it awarded 14 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our associate degree welding engineering tech students with aid list, New England Tech has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Welding Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend New England Tech is $31,690 for Associate Degree Welding Engineering Tech students with aid.

The low student loan default rate of 2.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Full New England Institute of Technology Welding Engineering Technology Report

#5

University of Rio Grande

Rio Grande, Ohio
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Welding Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Rio Grande landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Rio Grande, Ohio, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified associates’s welding engineering tech students in 2019-2020.

University of Rio Grande also made our “Best Welding Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #5. The yearly cost to attend University of Rio Grande is $37,509 for Associate Degree Welding Engineering Tech students with aid.

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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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