2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Engineering (Income $75-$110k) in the Southwest Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 9,411 people earned their degree in general engineering, making the major the 83rd most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 1,480 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 524 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 2 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region associate degree engineering students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Engineering (Income $75-$110k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Austin Community College District

Austin, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$11,596 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Austin Community College District. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k. This large school is located in Austin, Texas, and it awarded 81 associates’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Austin Community College District not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Engineering Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $11,596 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Engineering students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Austin Community College District.

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#2

Northwest Vista College

San Antonio, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$10,407 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwest Vista College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. 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 did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Engineering Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Northwest Vista College is $10,407 for southwest region associate degree engineering students whose families make $75-$110k.

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• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Engineering (Income $75-$110k)

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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