Automotive Engineering Technology at Ferris State University

If you are interested in studying automotive engineering technology/technician, you may want to check out the program at Ferris State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Ferris is located in Big Rapids, Michigan and approximately 11,165 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Automotive Engineering Technology section at the bottom of this page.

Ferris Automotive Engineering Technology Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Automotive Engineering Tech (Less Than 1 Year)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Automotive Engineering Tech

Ferris Automotive Engineering Technology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks automotive engineering tech programs across the country. The following shows how Ferris performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The automotive engineering tech major at Ferris is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Automotive Engineering Technology. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Automotive Engineering Technology Trade Schools	3
Best Value Automotive Engineering Technology Schools	6

Automotive Engineering Tech Student Demographics at Ferris

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the automotive engineering tech majors at Ferris State University.

Ferris Automotive Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 86% of automotive engineering tech bachelor's degrees went to men and 14% went to women. The typical automotive engineering tech bachelor's degree program is made up of only 6% women. So female students are more repesented at Ferris since its program graduates 8% more women than average.

About 95% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in automotive engineering tech at Ferris are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Ferris State University with a bachelor's in automotive engineering tech.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	21
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Ferris also has a doctoral program available in automotive engineering tech. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology

Careers That Automotive Engineering Tech Grads May Go Into

A degree in automotive engineering tech can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MI, the home state for Ferris State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	19,360	$42,220

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Michael Barera under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.