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2026 Best Value Welding Engineering Technology/Technician Schools in Idaho
Below are the schools that deliver the strongest value in welding engineering technology/technician, balancing cost against outcomes.
Best Value Welding Engineering Technology/Technician Schools
For return on investment in welding engineering technology/technician, no school beat Brigham Young University Idaho this year. Set in the town of Rexburg, Brigham Young University Idaho is a very large private not-for-profit institution. In-state tuition and fees average $4,800. Students borrow a median of $13,287 to complete the welding engineering technology/technician program here. Welding Engineering Technology/technician graduates of Brigham Young University Idaho earn a median of $85,411 early in their careers. Set against $13,287 in median debt, that is a healthy payoff. The acceptance rate is 96%.
Notes and References
The ranking above is published by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. The methodology weighs the cost of a degree against the earnings graduates go on to achieve, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Best Value · 1 school evaluated.
*Averages shown above reflect the top 1 ranked schools only.
- 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).
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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