2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Engineering Technology (Other) in Pennsylvania (With 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 Other Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 1,736 people earned their degree in engineering technology (other), making the major the 205th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, engineering technology (other) graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $50,047 and had an average of $23,481 in loans still to pay off.

Across Pennsylvania, there were 52 engineering technology (other) graduates with average earnings and debt of $65,200 and $27,000 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 20 engineering technology (other) graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Other Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in engineering technology (other). Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent engineering technology (other) 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 engineering technology (other) 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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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Other Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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

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

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Engineering Technology (Other) in Pennsylvania (With Aid)

#1

Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology

Lancaster, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$8,108 Average Net Price

$39,009 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Other Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology landed the #1 spot on the list. Lancaster, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s other engineering tech degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology also took the #1 spot in our “Best Engineering Technology (Other) Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology is $8,108 for Pennsylvania Associate Degree Other Engineering Tech students with aid.

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#2

Harrisburg Area Community College

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

#2 in overall quality

$11,990 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Harrisburg Area Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Other Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid list. This fairly large school is located in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 13 associates’s other engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at HACC, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Engineering Technology (Other) Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Harrisburg Area Community College is $11,990 for Pennsylvania Associate Degree Other Engineering Tech students with aid.

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• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Engineering Technology (Other) in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Engineering Technology (Other) (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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