2022 Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in Nebraska

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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 Nebraska, there were 382 engineering technologies graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,020 and $15,445 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 179 engineering technologies graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,631 and $16,562 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in Nebraska” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree 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.

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 engineering technologies program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in Nebraska

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in Nebraska.

Top 3 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Engineering Technologies in Nebraska

#1

Southeast Community College Area

Lincoln, Nebraska

#1 in overall quality

$9,059 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in Nebraska that were part of this year’s ranking, Southeast Community College Area landed the #1 spot on the list. Lincoln, Nebraska is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s engineering tech degrees to 101 students in 2019-2020.

Southeast Community College also took the #1 spot in our “Best Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in Nebraska” ranking. It costs about $9,059 for nebraska associate degree engineering tech students per year to attend Southeast Community College.

Full Southeast Community College Area Engineering Technologies Report

#2

Central Community College

Grand Island, Nebraska

#3 in overall quality

$8,235 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Central Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in Nebraska. Grand Island, Nebraska is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s engineering tech degrees to 24 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Central Community College, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in Nebraska” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Central Community College is $8,235 for nebraska associate degree engineering tech students.

Full Central Community College Engineering Technologies Report

#3

Northeast Community College

Norfolk, Nebraska

#2 in overall quality

$8,749 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in Nebraska that were part of this year’s ranking, Northeast Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. Northeast Community College is located in Norfolk, Nebraska and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 31 associates’s engineering tech degrees to qualified students.

Northeast not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in Nebraska” list. It costs about $8,749 for Nebraska Associate Degree Engineering Tech students per year to attend Northeast.

Read full report on Engineering Technologies at Northeast Community College

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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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