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

5 Ranked Colleges
1,882 Degrees Awarded
$6,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Pre-Engineering Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Pre-Engineering Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Pre-Engineering is the 314th most popular major in the country with 2,230 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 1,882 pre-engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Pre-Engineering Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in pre-engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality pre-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 pre-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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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Pre-Engineering Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k” list to help you make the college decision.

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

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

Top 5 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Pre-Engineering (Income $0-$30k)

#1

Tulsa Community College

Tulsa, Oklahoma
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Pre-Engineering Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Tulsa Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Tulsa Community College is located in Tulsa, Oklahoma and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 85 associates’s pre-engineering degrees to qualified students.

Tulsa Community College also took the #1 spot in our “Best Pre-Engineering Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Tulsa Community College is $4,835 for Associate Degree Pre-Engineering students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Pre-Engineering at Tulsa Community College

#2

Wake Technical Community College

Raleigh, North Carolina
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Pre-Engineering Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Wake Technical Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Raleigh, North Carolina, this large public school awarded 124 diplomas to qualified associates’s pre-engineering students in 2019-2020.

Wake Technical Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Pre-Engineering Associate Degree Schools” list. It costs about $4,607 for associate degree pre-engineering students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Wake Technical Community College.

Read full report on Pre-Engineering at Wake Technical Community College

#3

Central New Mexico Community College

Albuquerque, New Mexico
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Central New Mexico Community College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Pre-Engineering Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, this large public school handed out 43 diplomas to qualified associates’s pre-engineering students in 2019-2020.

CNM not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Pre-Engineering Associate Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Central New Mexico Community College is $2,604 for associate degree pre-engineering students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read full report on Pre-Engineering at CNM

#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Pre-Engineering Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Utah Valley University landed the #4 spot on the list. UVU is a large public school situated in Orem, Utah. It awarded 27 associates’s pre-engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UVU, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Pre-Engineering Associate Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $7,334 for associate degree pre-engineering students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend UVU.

Read full report on Pre-Engineering at Utah Valley University

#5

Southern Utah University

Cedar City, Utah
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Utah University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Pre-Engineering Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Cedar City, Utah, this fairly large public school handed out 1 degrees to qualified associates’s pre-engineering students in 2019-2020.

Southern Utah University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Pre-Engineering Associate Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Southern Utah University is $11,779 for Associate Degree Pre-Engineering students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Pre-Engineering at Southern Utah University

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.

Credits

  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Rémi Kaupp.

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