Engineering Technologies at Renton Technical College

If you plan to study engineering technologies, take a look at what Renton Technical College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Renton Technical College is located in Renton, Washington and has a total student population of 3,214.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Engineering Technologies section at the bottom of this page.

Renton Technical College Engineering Technologies Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Engineering Tech (Less Than 1 Year)
• Undergrad Certificate in Engineering Tech (1 - 4 Years)
• Associate’s Degree in Engineering Tech

Online Classes Are Available at Renton Technical College

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Renton Technical College offers distance education options for engineering tech at the following degree levels:

Renton Technical College Engineering Technologies Rankings

Engineering Tech Student Demographics at Renton Technical College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the engineering tech majors at Renton Technical College.

Renton Technical College Engineering Technologies Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 71% of engineering tech associate's degrees went to men and 29% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in engineering tech only graduates about 17% women each year. The program at Renton Technical College may seem more female-friendly since it graduates 12% more women than average.

Renton Technical College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in engineering tech graduates 21% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Renton Technical College with a associate's in engineering tech.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Engineering Technologies

If you plan to be a engineering tech major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Renton Technical College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Drafting & Design Engineering Technology	12
Engineering-Related Technologies	5

Related Majors

Careers That Engineering Tech Grads May Go Into

A degree in engineering tech can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for WA, the home state for Renton Technical College.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Software Applications Developers	53,860	$131,790
Systems Software Developers	16,130	$121,250
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	13,420	$49,680
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	11,890	$59,310
Computer Programmers	9,670	$126,920

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.