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2023 Best Engineering Technologies Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

28 Colleges
$33,663 Avg Salary
$11,188 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Engineering Technologies Undergraduate Certificate 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Engineering Technologies Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 28 schools in the Southwest Region to see which undergraduate certificate programs offered the best educational experiences 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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Engineering Technologies Undergraduate Certificate Colleges.

Top 10 Best Engineering Technologies Undergraduate Certificate Schools

Our analysis found Lincoln College of Technology - Grand Prairie to be the best school for engineering technologies students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in the Southwest Region . Lincoln Tech - Grand Prairie is a small private for-profit school located in the large suburb of Grand Prairie.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend South Texas Vocational Technical Institute-Corpus Christi. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Engineering Technologies Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. South Texas Vocational Technical Institute-Corpus Christi is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the large city of Corpus Christi.

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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at South Texas Vocational Technical Institute-San Antonio helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best engineering technologies schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the city of San Antonio, South Texas Vo-Tech is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Altierus Career College - Bissonnet 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 large city of Houston, Altierus Career College - Bissonnet is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

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Out of the 28 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Platt College - Moore landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the large suburb of Moore, Platt College - Moore is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

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#6

Lee College

Baytown, TX

Lee College landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best undergraduate certificate engineering technologies programs. Located in the small city of Baytown, Lee College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

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#7

Tyler Junior College

Tyler, TX

Tyler Junior College ranked #7 on this year’s Best Engineering Technologies Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the midsize city of Tyler, Tyler Junior College is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Southern Careers Institute - San Antonio (NW Loop) ranked #8 on this year’s Best Engineering Technologies Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the large city of San Antonio, Southern Careers Institute - San Antonio (NW Loop) is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

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Lamar Institute of Technology came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Engineering Technologies Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the city of Beaumont, Lamar Institute of Technology is a public school with a small student population.

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San Jacinto Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for engineering technologies students to get a undergraduate certificate. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the suburb of Pasadena, San Jacinto College is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Best Engineering Technologies Colleges by State

Explore the best engineering technologies colleges 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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