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2023 Most Popular Engineering Technologies Undergraduate Certificate Schools

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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. 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.

The Most Popular Engineering Technologies Undergraduate Certificate Schools ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 805 schools in the United States to see which ones were the most popular undergraduate certificate programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Engineering Technologies program at each school on the list.

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

Our 2023 rankings named Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College the most popular school in the United States for engineering technologies students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the rural area of Perkinston, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

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

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#2

Ivy Tech Community College

Indianapolis, IN

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Ivy Tech Community College is a great place for engineering technologies students working on their undergraduate certificate. Ivy Tech Community College is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Indianapolis.

Women make up 13% of the engineering tech majors at the school.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means National University College is a great place for engineering technologies students working on their undergraduate certificate. National University College is a very large private for-profit school located in the midsize city of Bayamon.

About 2% of the students majoring in engineering tech at the school are women while 98% are male.

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The in-demand undergraduate certificate programs at The Refrigeration School helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular engineering technologies schools in the United States. Located in the city of Phoenix, RSI is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

Of the 292 students majoring in engineering tech at RSI, 97% are male and 3% are female.

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The in-demand undergraduate certificate programs at San Jacinto Community College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular engineering technologies schools in the United States. Located in the suburb of Pasadena, San Jacinto College is a public college with a fairly large student population.

About 19% of the students majoring in engineering tech at the school are women while 81% are male.

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Wichita Technical Institute came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Engineering Technologies Undergraduate Certificate Schools ranking. Located in the city of Wichita, WTI is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

Of the 254 students majoring in engineering tech at WTI, 91% are male and 9% are female.

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#7

Olympic College

Bremerton, WA

With a ranking of #7, Olympic College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for engineering technologies students working on their undergraduate certificate. OC is a small public school located in the small city of Bremerton.

About 20% of the students majoring in engineering tech at the school are women while 80% are male.

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Lincoln Technical Institute - Union ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Engineering Technologies Undergraduate Certificate Schools list. Lincoln Tech - Union is a small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Union.

Of the 216 students majoring in engineering tech at Lincoln Tech - Union, 98% are male and 2% are female.

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Midwest Technical Institute - Springfield, Illinois ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Engineering Technologies Undergraduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the medium-sized city of Springfield, MTI - Springfield, Illinois is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

Of the 200 students majoring in engineering tech at MTI - Springfield, Illinois, 92% are male and 9% are female.

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SOWELA Technical Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for engineering technologies students to get a undergraduate certificate. It came in at #10 on the list. SOWELA is a small public school located in the city of Lake Charles.

Women make up 15% of the engineering tech majors at the school.

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Pinnacle Career Institute-South Kansas City landed the #11 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular undergraduate certificate engineering technologies programs. Located in the large city of Kansas City, Pinnacle Career Institute-South Kansas City is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

Women make up 6% of the engineering tech majors at the school.

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Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for engineering technologies students to get a undergraduate certificate. It came in at #12 on the list. PIA is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of West Mifflin.

Of the 163 students majoring in engineering tech at PIA, 91% are male and 9% are female.

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Lincoln College of Technology - Grand Prairie did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for engineering technologies students to get a undergraduate certificate. It came in at #13 on the list. Lincoln Tech - Grand Prairie is a small private for-profit school located in the large suburb of Grand Prairie.

Women make up 1% of the engineering tech majors at the school.

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Lincoln College of Technology - Columbia did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for engineering technologies students to get a undergraduate certificate. It came in at #14 on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Columbia, Lincoln Tech - Columbia is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

Women make up 3% of the engineering tech majors at the school.

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#15

Delta Technical College

Horn Lake, MS

Delta Technical College came in at #15 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Engineering Technologies Undergraduate Certificate Schools ranking. Delta Technical College is a small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Horn Lake.

Of the 129 students majoring in engineering tech at Delta Technical College, 96% are male and 4% are female.

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Southern Careers Institute - San Antonio (NW Loop) landed the #15 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular undergraduate certificate engineering technologies programs. 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.

Women make up 5% of the engineering tech majors at the school.

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Macomb Community College came in at #17 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Engineering Technologies Undergraduate Certificate Schools ranking. Located in the medium-sized city of Warren, Macomb Community College is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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

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Northwest Louisiana Technical Community College landed the #18 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular undergraduate certificate engineering technologies programs. Located in the rural area of Minden, NLTCC is a public college with a small student population.

Women make up 4% of the engineering tech majors at the school.

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River Parishes Community College ranked #19 on this year’s Most Popular Engineering Technologies Undergraduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the rural area of Gonzales, River Parishes Community College is a public school with a small student population.

About 14% of the students majoring in engineering tech at the school are women while 86% are male.

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Erie Institute of Technology Inc came in at #20 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Engineering Technologies Undergraduate Certificate Schools ranking. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Erie, Erie Institute of Technology Inc is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

Of the 104 students majoring in engineering tech at Erie Institute of Technology Inc, 95% are male and 5% are female.

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Lincoln Technical Institute - Mahwah landed the #21 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular undergraduate certificate engineering technologies programs. Lincoln Tech - Mahwah is a small private for-profit school located in the large suburb of Mahwah.

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#22

Liceo de Arte y Tecnologia

San Juan, PR

Liceo de Arte y Tecnologia ranked #22 on this year’s Most Popular Engineering Technologies Undergraduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the large city of San Juan, Liceo de Arte y Tecnologia is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

Women make up 8% of the engineering tech majors at the school.

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#23

Hennepin Technical College

Brooklyn Park, MN

Hennepin Technical College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for engineering technologies students to get a undergraduate certificate. It came in at #23 on the list. Hennepin Technical College is a small public school located in the suburb of Brooklyn Park.

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

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With a ranking of #24, Cuyahoga Community College District did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for engineering technologies students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the city of Cleveland, Cuyahoga Community College District is a public school with a large student population.

About 14% of the students majoring in engineering tech at the school are women while 86% are male.

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#25

Hinds Community College

Raymond, MS

Hinds Community College ranked #25 on this year’s Most Popular Engineering Technologies Undergraduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the fringe town of Raymond, Hinds Community College is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 10% of the engineering tech majors at the school.

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#27

Vincennes University

Vincennes, IN
#29

Sacramento City College

Sacramento, CA
#34

Lee College

Baytown, TX
#39

Huertas College

Caguas, PR
#43

Goodwin College

East Hartford, CT
#43

Monroe Community College

Rochester, NY
#45

Nunez Community College

Chalmette, LA

Additional Award Winners

This section shows the remainder of the colleges awarded a Most Popular Engineering Technologies Undergraduate Certificate Schools badge. Showing in this list means the school was ranked in the top 15% of the 805 different United States engineering technologies schools we analyzed.

Rank College Location
52 Columbus State Community College Columbus, OH
52 Southern Careers Institute - Harlingen Harlingen, TX
52 Louisiana Delta Community College Monroe, LA
55 Los Angeles Trade Technical College Los Angeles, CA
55 Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology Tulsa, OK
57 Erie Community College Buffalo, NY
57 Kirkwood Community College Cedar Rapids, IA
59 Lone Star College System The Woodlands, TX
60 Grand Rapids Community College Grand Rapids, MI
61 Southern California Institute of Technology Anaheim, CA
62 Altierus Career College - Bissonnet Houston, TX
63 Davis Technical College Kaysville, UT
64 Wichita State University Campus of Applied Sciences and Technology Wichita, KS
64 Des Moines Area Community College Ankeny, IA
64 St Philip’s College San Antonio, TX
67 Owens Community College Perrysburg, OH
68 Florida Career College - Lauderdale Lakes Lauderdale Lakes, FL
68 Brazosport College Lake Jackson, TX
68 Ogden-Weber Technical College Ogden, UT
71 Florida Career College - Hialeah Hialeah, FL
71 Amarillo College Amarillo, TX
73 Lincoln Technical Institute - East Windsor East Windsor, CT
73 Palm Beach State College Lake Worth, FL
75 Southern Careers Institute - Austin Austin, TX
75 Metro Technology Centers Oklahoma City, OK
75 Asnuntuck Community College Enfield, CT
78 Indian Capital Technology Center, Muskogee Muskogee, OK
79 Texarkana College Texarkana, TX
80 Mt. San Antonio College Walnut, CA
80 University of Akron Main Campus Akron, OH
80 Manatee Technical College Bradenton, FL
83 College of the Mainland Texas City, TX
83 Sheridan Technical College Hollywood, FL
83 Florida Career College - Boynton Beach Boynton Beach, FL
83 El Centro College Dallas, TX
87 Eastern Florida State College Cocoa, FL
87 Ayers Career College Shreveport, LA
87 Valencia College Orlando, FL
87 Orange Coast College Costa Mesa, CA
87 San Juan College Farmington, NM
92 Ozarks Technical Community College Springfield, MO
92 Edison State Community College Piqua, OH
92 Danville Community College Danville, VA
95 Porter and Chester Institute of Stratford Stratford, CT
95 Pasadena City College Pasadena, CA
95 Florida State College at Jacksonville Jacksonville, FL
95 Hacienda La Puente Adult Education La Puente, CA
99 Platt College - Moore Moore, OK
99 Western Iowa Tech Community College Sioux City, IA
99 Front Range Community College Westminster, CO
102 Universal Technology College of Puerto Rico Aguadilla, PR
102 Central Community College Grand Island, NE
102 Seminole State College of Florida Sanford, FL
102 Lawson State Community College - Birmingham Campus Birmingham, AL
102 MIAT College of Technology Canton, MI
107 Fresno City College Fresno, CA
107 College of the Sequoias Visalia, CA
107 Mesalands Community College Tucumcari, NM
110 Kilgore College Kilgore, TX
110 Roane State Community College Harriman, TN
110 Idaho State University Pocatello, ID
110 Jones County Junior College Ellisville, MS
110 San Jose City College San Jose, CA
110 William T McFatter Technical College Davie, FL
110 College of Western Idaho Nampa, ID
110 Lorenzo Walker Technical College Naples, FL
110 Holmes Community College Goodman, MS
119 Eastwick College - Nutley Nutley, NJ
119 NorthWest Arkansas Community College Bentonville, AR
119 Red River Technology Center Duncan, OK
119 Angelina College Lufkin, TX
119 Lakeshore Technical College Cleveland, WI

Honorable Mentions

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

Rank College Location
124 Joliet Junior College Joliet, IL
124 Florida Career College - Miami Miami, FL
124 Austin Community College District Austin, TX
124 Tulsa Welding School-Jacksonville Jacksonville, FL
124 Mech-Tech College Caguas, PR
129 Central Louisiana Technical Community College Alexandria, LA
129 Houston Community College Houston, TX
131 Seward County Community College Liberal, KS
131 West Virginia University at Parkersburg Parkersburg, WV
131 Northeast Alabama Community College Rainsville, AL
131 Sinclair Community College Dayton, OH
131 Tarrant County College District Fort Worth, TX
131 Jefferson Community and Technical College Louisville, KY
131 Renton Technical College Renton, WA
138 Francis Tuttle Technology Center Oklahoma City, OK
138 Lassen Community College Susanville, CA
138 Lane Community College Eugene, OR
138 Bluegrass Community and Technical College Lexington, KY
138 Portland Community College Portland, OR
138 Florida Career College - West Palm Beach West Palm Beach, FL
138 Mid-America Technology Center Wayne, OK
138 Great Basin College Elko, NV
138 Stark State College North Canton, OH
138 Northland Community and Technical College Thief River Falls, MN
138 Terra State Community College Fremont, OH
138 Wilkes Community College Wilkesboro, NC
150 Waukesha County Technical College Pewaukee, WI
150 El Paso Community College El Paso, TX
150 Cypress College Cypress, CA
150 Anoka Technical College Anoka, MN
150 Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College Mount Gay, WV
150 Canadian Valley Technology Center El Reno, OK
150 Western Technical College La Crosse, WI
150 Somerset Community College Somerset, KY
150 New Mexico State University - Dona Ana Las Cruces, NM
150 Stautzenberger College - Rockford Career College Rockford, IL
160 Paris Junior College Paris, TX
160 Northshore Technical Community College Bogalusa, LA
160 Rogue Community College Grants Pass, OR
160 University of Arkansas Community College - Morrilton Morrilton, AR
160 Dewey University - Juana Diaz Juana Diaz, PR
160 Tyler Junior College Tyler, TX

Engineering Technologies by Region

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Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

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 26 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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