2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Engineering Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Engineering is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 6th of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 200,458 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2017-2018, engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $64,888 and had an average of $23,564 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 32,673 engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $66,690 and $21,357 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 1,031 engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,689 and $18,419 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great engineering programs and 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 engineering program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 Engineering Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Engineering in the Far Western US Region (With Aid)

#1

Chemeketa Community College

Salem, Oregon

#1 in overall quality

$5,965 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Chemeketa Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid list. Chemeketa Community College is located in Salem, Oregon and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 8 associates’s engineering degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Chemeketa Community College, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Engineering Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Chemeketa Community College is $5,965 for Far Western US Region Associate Degree Engineering students with aid.

Read full report on Engineering at Chemeketa Community College

#2

Portland Community College

Portland, Oregon

#2 in overall quality

$8,914 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Portland Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid list. Portland, Oregon is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s engineering degrees to 19 students in 2019-2020.

Portland Community College also took the #2 spot in our “Best Engineering Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Portland Community College is $8,914 for Far Western US Region Associate Degree Engineering students with aid.

Read full report on Engineering at Portland Community College

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Engineering (With Aid)

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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