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Best Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

2023 Best Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

25 Colleges
$46,260 Avg Salary
$16,800 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Engineering Technologies Associate Degree School for You

Engineering Technologies is the #20 most popular major in the country with 85,188 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. This report analyzed 25 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which ones offered the best associate degree programs for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Colleges.

Top 10 Best Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Edinboro University of Pennsylvania the best school in the Middle Atlantic Region for engineering technologies students working on their associate degree. Edinboro is a small public school located in the town of Edinboro.

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Excelsior College

Albany, NY

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Excelsior College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Excelsior College is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Albany.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend California University of Pennsylvania. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Cal U is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of California.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science and Technology. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the rural area of Pleasant Gap, CPI is a public college with a fairly small student population.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Rochester Institute of Technology is a great place for engineering technologies students working on their associate degree. RIT is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Rochester.

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With a ranking of #6, Thomas Edison State University did quite well on this year’s best schools for engineering technologies students working on their associate degree. TESU is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Trenton.

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Clarion University of Pennsylvania landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best associate degree engineering technologies programs. Clarion University is a small public school located in the remote town of Clarion.

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Pittsburgh Technical College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for engineering technologies students to get a associate degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Pittsburgh Technical College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Oakdale.

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Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology ranked #9 on this year’s Best Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology is a small public school located in the small city of Lancaster.

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Brookdale Community College came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Brookdale Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the rural area of Lincroft.

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Best Engineering Technologies Colleges by State

Explore the best engineering technologies schools for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.

State Degrees Awarded
New Jersey 906
Pennsylvania 2,033
New York 3,941
Maryland 325
Delaware 71
District of Columbia 220

Engineering Tech Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Industrial Production Technology 11,906
Electromechanical Engineering Technology 10,593
Drafting & Design Engineering Technology 8,964
Environmental Control Technology 8,690
Electronics Engineering Technology 8,592
Engineering-Related Fields 6,736
Mechanical Engineering Technology 6,013
General Engineering Technology 4,676
Construction Engineering Technology 4,330
Quality Control Technology 3,824
Computer Engineering Technology 3,595
Engineering Technology (Other) 1,768
Architectural Engineering Technology 1,290
Energy Systems Technologies 1,256
Civil Engineering Technology 1,187
Engineering-Related Technologies 989
Mining & Petroleum Technology 445
Nuclear Engineering Technology 220
Nanotechnology 114

Majors Similar to Engineering Tech

Related Major Annual Graduates
Computer & Information Sciences 254,454
Engineering 198,468
Biological & Biomedical Sciences 177,778
Mathematics & Statistics 52,396
Physical Sciences 50,306

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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 the rest 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to KUKA Systems GmbH.

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