2022 Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Making $30-$48k

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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 Alabama, there were 3,442 engineering technologies graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,567 and $20,093 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 366 engineering technologies graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,487 and $41,507 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in engineering technologies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent engineering technologies 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 technologies 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 Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Technologies (Income $30-$48k) in Alabama

#1

Columbia Southern University

Orange Beach, Alabama

#1 in overall quality

$4,035 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Columbia Southern University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Orange Beach, Alabama, this fairly large private for-profit school handed out 357 diplomas to qualified masters’s engineering tech students in 2019-2020.

Columbia Southern University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Engineering Technologies Master’s Degree Schools in Alabama” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Columbia Southern University are $4,035.

Read more about Engineering Technologies at Columbia Southern University

#2

Jacksonville State University

Jacksonville, Alabama

$20,200 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Jacksonville State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Making $30-$48k. Located in Jacksonville, Alabama, this medium-sized public school handed out 6 diplomas to qualified masters’s engineering tech students in 2019-2020.

Jacksonville State University also made our “Best Engineering Technologies Master’s Degree Schools in Alabama” list, coming in at #0. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Jacksonville State University are $20,200.

Full Jacksonville State University Engineering Technologies Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Technologies (Income $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Technologies (Income $30-$48k)

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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