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2023 Best Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest 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.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 25 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones offered the best associate degree programs for students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.

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2023 Best Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for engineering tech majors pursuing a associate degree.

Top 10 Best Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools

#1

Panola College

Carthage, TX

Our 2023 rankings named Panola College the best school in the Southwest Region for engineering technologies students working on their associate degree. Located in the town of Carthage, Panola College is a public school with a small student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lamar Institute of Technology. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of Beaumont, Lamar Institute of Technology is a public school with a small student population.

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#3

Lee College

Baytown, TX

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Lee College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of Baytown, Lee College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

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The excellent associate degree programs at Texas State Technical College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best engineering technologies schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the city of Waco, TSTC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#5

Tyler Junior College

Tyler, TX

Out of the 25 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Tyler Junior College landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Tyler, Tyler Junior College is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#6

Victoria College

Victoria, TX

Victoria College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Victoria College is a small public school located in the small city of Victoria.

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With a ranking of #7, Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology did quite well on this year’s best schools for engineering technologies students working on their associate degree. OSU Institute of Technology is a small public school located in the distant town of Okmulgee.

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#8

Navarro College

Corsicana, TX

Navarro College ranked #8 on this year’s Best Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Navarro College is a moderately-sized public school located in the distant town of Corsicana.

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San Jacinto Community College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the suburb of Pasadena, San Jacinto College is a public college with a very large student population.

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#10

Amarillo College

Amarillo, TX

Amarillo College came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Amarillo College is a medium-sized public school located in the midsize city of Amarillo.

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Best Engineering Technologies Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 502
Texas 4,414
New Mexico 223
Oklahoma 687

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

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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