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

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 EE Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 30,670 people earned their degree in electrical engineering, making the major the 31st most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, electrical engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $70,098 and had an average of $23,581 in loans still to pay off.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 260 electrical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value EE Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in electrical engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent electrical engineering programs, but they also 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 electrical engineering program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value EE Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value EE Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k

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

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Electrical Engineering (Income $0-$30k)

#1

Chemeketa Community College

Salem, Oregon

#1 in overall quality

$4,853 Average Net Price

$63,005 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Chemeketa Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value EE Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k list. Chemeketa Community College is a medium-sized school located in Salem, Oregon that handed out 7 associates’s EE degrees in 2019-2020.

Chemeketa Community College also took the #1 spot in our “Best Electrical Engineering Associate Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $4,853 for Associate Degree EE students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Chemeketa Community College.

Read full report on Electrical Engineering at Chemeketa Community College

#2

Austin Community College District

Austin, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$3,134 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value EE Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Austin Community College District landed the #2 spot on the list. Austin Community College District is a large school located in Austin, Texas that handed out 2 associates’s EE degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Austin Community College District, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Electrical Engineering Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Austin Community College District is $3,134 for associate degree ee students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Electrical Engineering at Austin Community College District

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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