2022 Best Value EE Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region 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. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value EE Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Electrical Engineering is the 31st most popular major in the country with 30,670 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 6,238 electrical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,062 and $20,910 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 82 electrical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,689 and $18,419 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality electrical engineering programs that also have a lower cost than 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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Best Value EE Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k

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

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Electrical Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in the Far Western US Region

#1

Chemeketa Community College

Salem, Oregon

#1 in overall quality

$4,853 Average Net Price

$63,005 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value EE Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Chemeketa Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Salem, Oregon, this medium-sized public school awarded 7 diplomas to qualified associates’s EE students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Chemeketa Community College, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Electrical Engineering Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Chemeketa Community College is $4,853 for Far Western US Region Associate Degree EE students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read full report on Electrical Engineering at Chemeketa Community College

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

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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