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Most Popular Online Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools

2023 Most Popular Online Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools

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

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. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular Online Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 74 schools in the United States to see which online associate degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for engineering tech majors pursuing an online associate degree.

#1

Columbia Southern University

Orange Beach, AL

Our analysis found Columbia Southern University to be the most popular school for engineering technologies students who want to pursue an online associate degree in the United States. Located in the fringe town of Orange Beach, Columbia Southern University is a private for-profit college with a large student population.

Of the 364 students majoring in engineering tech at Columbia Southern University, 78% are male and 22% are female.

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#2

Excelsior College

Albany, NY

The in-demand online associate degree programs at Excelsior College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best engineering technologies schools in the United States. Excelsior College is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Albany.

Women make up 11% of the engineering tech majors at the school.

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#3

ECPI University

Virginia Beach, VA

The in-demand online associate degree programs at ECPI University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best engineering technologies schools in the United States. Located in the city of Virginia Beach, ECPI University is a private for-profit school with a large student population.

About 15% of the students majoring in engineering tech at the school are women while 85% are male.

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#4

Grantham University

Lenexa, KS

Out of the 74 online programs at schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Grantham University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Grantham University is a moderately-sized private for-profit school located in the city of Lenexa.

About 9% of the students majoring in engineering tech at the school are women while 91% are male.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Thomas Edison State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools list. TESU is a medium-sized public school located in the small city of Trenton.

Women make up 21% of the engineering tech majors at the school.

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James A Rhodes State College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools ranking. Located in the small suburb of Lima, Rhodes State College is a public school with a small student population.

About 8% of the students majoring in engineering tech at the school are women while 92% are male.

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DeVry University - Illinois came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools ranking. Located in the medium-sized city of Chicago, DeVry University - Illinois is a private for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 12% of the engineering tech majors at the school.

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#8

Nicholls State University

Thibodaux, LA

With a ranking of #8, Nicholls State University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for engineering technologies students working on their online associate degree. Located in the city of Thibodaux, Nicholls State University is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

Women make up 7% of the engineering tech majors at the school.

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Cincinnati State Technical and Community College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools ranking. Cincinnati State is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Cincinnati.

Of the 162 students majoring in engineering tech at Cincinnati State, 82% are male and 18% are female.

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#10

Waldorf University

Forest City, IA

Waldorf University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools ranking. Waldorf is a small private for-profit school located in the town of Forest City.

Women make up 14% of the engineering tech majors at the school.

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#11

Holmes Community College

Goodman, MS

Holmes Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular online places for engineering technologies students to get a associate degree. It came in at #11 on the list. Holmes Community College is a small public school located in the rural area of Goodman.

Of the 33 students majoring in engineering tech at Holmes Community College, 94% are male and 6% are female.

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Honorable Mentions

These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Most Popular Online Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools award.

Rank College Location
12 Northcentral Technical College Wausau, WI
13 California University of Pennsylvania California, PA
14 California Institute of Arts & Technology San Diego, CA

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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.

  • 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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