2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k
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In 2019-2020, 9,411 people earned their degree in general engineering, making the major the 83rd most popular in the United States.
At the associate degree level specifically, there were 2,961 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.
For this year’s “Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 11 colleges that offer a degree in general engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general engineering 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 Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k.
Top 11 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Engineering (Income $0-$30k)
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Metropolitan Community College - Kansas City. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k list. This fairly large school is located in Kansas City, Missouri, and it awarded 36 associates’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.
MCC also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Engineering Associate Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $6,298 for Associate Degree Engineering students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Metropolitan Community College - Kansas City.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Austin Community College District. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k list. Austin Community College District is a large school located in Austin, Texas that handed out 81 associates’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.
Austin Community College District also made our “Best General Engineering Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #4. The estimated yearly cost for Austin Community College District is $3,134 for Associate Degree Engineering students whose families make $0-$30k.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northern Virginia Community College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k. This large school is located in Annandale, Virginia, and it awarded 183 associates’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.
Northern Virginia Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Engineering Associate Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Northern Virginia Community College is $8,175 for associate degree engineering students whose families make $0-$30k.
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Out of the 11 schools in the Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Sinclair Community College landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Dayton, Ohio, this fairly large public school handed out 51 diplomas to qualified associates’s engineering students in 2019-2020.
Sinclair Community College also took the #8 spot in our “Best General Engineering Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Sinclair Community College is $2,567 for Associate Degree Engineering students whose families make $0-$30k.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Monroe Community College. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k. Monroe Community College is a fairly large school located in Rochester, New York that handed out 50 associates’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.
Monroe Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #9 on our “Best General Engineering Associate Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Monroe Community College is $4,716 for Associate Degree Engineering students whose families make $0-$30k.
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Tidewater Community College ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k list. Norfolk, Virginia is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s engineering degrees to 99 students in 2019-2020.
Tidewater Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best General Engineering Associate Degree Schools” list. It costs about $6,721 for Associate Degree Engineering students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Tidewater Community College.
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Lake Superior State University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. Lake Superior State University is located in Sault Ste Marie, Michigan and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 associates’s engineering degrees to qualified students.
Lake Superior State University also took the #6 spot in our “Best General Engineering Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Lake Superior State University is $7,067 for Associate Degree Engineering students whose families make $0-$30k.
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Northwest Vista College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k ranking, coming in at #8. Northwest Vista College is a fairly large public school situated in San Antonio, Texas. It awarded 14 associates’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.
Northwest Vista College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #10 on our “Best General Engineering Associate Degree Schools” list. It costs about $4,355 for associate degree engineering students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Northwest Vista College.
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With a ranking of #9, Weber State University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k list. WSU is a large public school situated in Ogden, Utah. It awarded 28 associates’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.
WSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best General Engineering Associate Degree Schools” list. It costs about $9,790 for associate degree engineering students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Weber State University.
College of Staten Island CUNY did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k ranking, coming in at #10. College of Staten Island CUNY is a fairly large public school situated in Staten Island, New York. It awarded 6 associates’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.
CSI also took the #11 spot in our “Best General Engineering Associate Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $3,109 for associate degree engineering students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend CSI.
Great Bay Community College landed the #11 spot on the 2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. Great Bay Community College is located in Portsmouth, New Hampshire and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 associates’s engineering degrees to qualified students.
Great Bay Community College also made our “Best General Engineering Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend Great Bay Community College is $15,031 for Associate Degree Engineering 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%.
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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