2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region

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 Engineering Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 200,458 engineering students received their degree, making the major the 6th most popular in the country. 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 Southeast region, there were 40,264 engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,596 and $23,814 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 1,177 engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,631 and $18,547 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent engineering programs, but they also 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region.

Top 4 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Engineering in the Southeast Region

#1

Northern Virginia Community College

Annandale, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$10,005 Average Net Price

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Virginia Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Northern Virginia Community College is a public institution located in Annandale, Virginia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 183 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Northern Virginia Community College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Engineering Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Northern Virginia Community College is $10,005 for southeast region associate degree engineering students.

Full Northern Virginia Community College Engineering Report

#2

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide

Daytona Beach, Florida

#2 in overall quality

$20,333 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide is a fairly large school located in Daytona Beach, Florida that handed out 31 associates’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Embry-Riddle Worldwide did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Engineering Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $20,333 for southeast region associate degree engineering students per year to attend Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Engineering at Embry-Riddle Worldwide

#3

Wake Technical Community College

Raleigh, North Carolina

#3 in overall quality

$6,876 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wake Technical Community College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region. This large school is located in Raleigh, North Carolina, and it awarded 124 associates’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region associate degree engineering students list, Wake Technical Community College has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Engineering Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $6,876 for southeast region associate degree engineering students per year to attend Wake Technical Community College.

Read more about Engineering at Wake Technical Community College

#4

Tidewater Community College

Norfolk, Virginia

#4 in overall quality

$8,408 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tidewater Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region 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 also made our “Best Engineering Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #4. It costs about $8,408 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Engineering students per year to attend Tidewater Community College.

Full Tidewater Community College Engineering Report

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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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