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Engineering Technologies at Renton Technical College

If you are interested in studying engineering technologies, you may want to check out the program at Renton Technical College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Renton Technical College is located in Renton, Washington and approximately 3,214 students attend the school each year. During the the most recent year for which data is available, 17 students received their associate's degree in engineering tech.

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

Renton Technical College Engineering Technologies Degrees Available

Basic Certificate in Engineering Tech (Less Than 1 Year)
Undergrad Certificate in Engineering Tech (1 - 4 Years)
Associate’s Degree in Engineering Tech

Online Classes Are Available at Renton Technical College

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Renton Technical College offers distance education options for engineering tech at the following degree levels:

Renton Technical College Engineering Technologies Rankings

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Engineering Tech Student Demographics at Renton Technical College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the engineering tech majors at Renton Technical College.

Renton Technical College Engineering Technologies Associate’s Program

24% Women

18% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 76% of engineering tech associate's degrees went to men and 24% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in engineering tech only graduates about 14% women each year. The program at Renton Technical College may seem more female-friendly since it graduates 9% more women than average.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in engineering tech at Renton Technical College are white. Around 65% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Renton Technical College with a associate's in engineering tech.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Concentrations Within Engineering Technologies

If you plan to be a engineering tech major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Renton Technical College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Drafting & Design Engineering Technology	35
Engineering-Related Technologies	19

Careers That Engineering Tech Grads May Go Into

A degree in 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 WA, the home state for Renton Technical College.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Software Applications Developers	53,860	$131,790
Systems Software Developers	16,130	$121,250
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	13,420	$49,680
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	11,890	$59,310
Computer Programmers	9,670	$126,920

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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