Automotive Engineering Tech

Types of Degrees Automotive Engineering Tech Majors Are Getting

The following table lists how many automotive engineering technology graduations there were for each degree level during the last year for which data was available.

Education Level	Number of Grads
Bachelor’s Degree	314
Associate Degree	304
Basic Certificate	213
Undergraduate Certificate	148
Master’s Degree	5

What Automotive Engineering Tech Majors Need to Know

People with careers related to automotive engineering tech were asked what knowledge areas, skills, and abilities were important for their jobs. They weighted these areas on a scale of 1 to 5 with 5 being the highest.

Knowledge Areas for Automotive Engineering Tech Majors

This major prepares you for careers in which these knowledge areas are important:

• Mechanical - Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
• Computers and Electronics - Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
• Customer and Personal Service - Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
• Engineering and Technology - Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.
• English Language - Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.

Skills for Automotive Engineering Tech Majors

automotive engineering tech majors are found most commonly in careers in which the following skills are important:

• Repairing - Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools.
• Operation Monitoring - Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
• Equipment Maintenance - Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed.
• Troubleshooting - Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it.
• Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.

Abilities for Automotive Engineering Tech Majors

Some of the most crucial abilities to master while a automotive engineering tech student include the following:

• Arm-Hand Steadiness - The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
• Finger Dexterity - The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.
• Control Precision - The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.
• Near Vision - The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
• Deductive Reasoning - The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.

What Can You Do With a Automotive Engineering Tech Major?

People with a automotive engineering tech degree often go into the following careers:

Job Title	Job Growth Rate	Median Salary
Automotive Master Mechanics	6.1%	$40,710

Who Is Getting a Bachelor’s Degree in Automotive Engineering Tech?

This major attracts more men than women. About 92% of the graduates in this field are male.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

At the countrywide level, the racial-ethnic distribution of automotive engineering tech majors is as follows:

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	22
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	29
White	212
International Students	35
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Geographic Diversity

Americans aren’t the only ones with an interest in Automotive Engineering Tech. About 11.1% of those with this major are international students.

Amount of Education Required for Careers Related to Automotive Engineering Tech

Some careers associated with automotive engineering tech require an advanced degree while some may not even require a bachelor’s. Whatever the case may be, pursuing more education usually means that more career options will be available to you.

Find out what the typical degree level is for automotive engineering tech careers below.

Education Level	Percentage of Workers
High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED)	42.5%
Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in agriculture or natural resources, computer services, personal or culinary services, engineering technologies, healthcare, construction trades, mechanic and repair technologies, or precision production)	54.2%
Some College Courses	5.2%
Associate’s Degree (or other 2-year degree)	1.5%

Online Automotive Engineering Tech Programs

The following table lists the number of programs by degree level, along with how many schools offered online courses in the field.

Degree Level	Colleges Offering Programs	Colleges Offering Online Classes
Certificate (Less Than 1 Year)	0	0
Certificate (1-2 years)	18	0
Certificate (2-4 Years)	0	0
Associate’s Degree	34	0
Bachelor’s Degree	1	0
Post-Baccalaureate	0	0
Master’s Degree	2	0
Post-Master’s	0	0
Doctor’s Degree (Research)	0	0
Doctor’s Degree (Professional Practice)	0	0
Doctor’s Degree (Other)	0	0

Majors Related to Automotive Engineering Tech

You may also be interested in one of the following majors related to automotive engineering tech.

Major	Number of Grads
Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology	3,141
Aeronautical/Aerospace Engineering Technology	1,173
Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies, Other	476
Marine Engineering Technology	67

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
• College Scorecard
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Usual Weekly Earnings of Wage and Salary Workers First Quarter 2020

More about our data sources and methodologies.