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2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Engineering Technologies (Income $0-$30k) in Georgia

3 Ranked Colleges
283 Degrees Awarded
$4,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in Georgia For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in Georgia For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Engineering Technologies is the 19th most popular major in the country with 86,730 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, engineering technologies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $46,894 and had an average of $21,178 in loans still to pay off.

Across Georgia, there were 1,636 engineering technologies graduates with average earnings and debt of $50,721 and $29,725 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 283 engineering technologies graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,274 and $19,485 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in Georgia For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in engineering technologies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great engineering technologies programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the engineering technologies program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in Georgia For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for georgia associate degree engineering tech students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 3 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Engineering Technologies (Income $0-$30k) in Georgia

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Georgia Northwestern Technical College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in Georgia For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Rome, Georgia, this medium-sized public school awarded 19 degrees to qualified associates’s engineering tech students in 2019-2020.

Georgia Northwestern Technical College also made our “Best Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in Georgia” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for Georgia Northwestern Technical College is $772 for georgia associate degree engineering tech students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#2

North Georgia Technical College

Clarkesville, Georgia
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in Georgia For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, North Georgia Technical College landed the #2 spot on the list. North Georgia Technical College is a small school located in Clarkesville, Georgia that handed out 15 associates’s engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

North Georgia Technical College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in Georgia” list. The yearly cost to attend North Georgia Technical College is $1,564 for georgia associate degree engineering tech students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#3

Gwinnett Technical College

Lawrenceville, Georgia
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Gwinnett Technical College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in Georgia For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Lawrenceville, Georgia, this medium-sized public school awarded 15 degrees to qualified associates’s engineering tech students in 2019-2020.

GTC also took the #1 spot in our “Best Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in Georgia” ranking. The yearly cost to attend GTC is $10,032 for Georgia Associate Degree Engineering Tech students whose families make $0-$30k.

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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%.

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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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