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2023 Most Popular Online Engineering-Related Fields Trade Schools

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$77,404 Avg Salary
$26,058 Avg Student Debt

In 2021-2022, 6,553 people earned a degree or certificate in engineering-related fields, making the major the #36 most popular in the United States.

It's not easy to decide which trade school program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Trade College Search has developed this Most Popular Online Engineering-Related Fields Trade Schools ranking. This report analyzed 14 schools in the United States to see which ones were the most popular online programs for trade school students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Online Engineering-Related Fields Colleges.

Our analysis found Utah State University to be the most popular school for engineering-related fields students who want to pursue an online degree in the United States. USU is a very large public school located in the small city of Logan.

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#2

Excelsior University

Albany, NY

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Excelsior University is a great place for engineering-related fields students pursuing an online degree. Excelsior University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Albany.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Utah Valley University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Online Engineering-Related Fields Trade Schools list. Located in the city of Orem, UVU is a public college with a very large student population.

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#4

Grantham University

LIttle Rock, AR

Out of the 14 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Grantham University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the midsize city of LIttle Rock, Grantham University is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

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#5

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

Out of the 14 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, East Carolina University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the city of Greenville, ECU is a public college with a very large student population.

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Arizona State University - Skysong landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best engineering-related fields programs. ASU - Skysong is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Scottsdale.

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Purdue University Northwest came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Engineering-Related Fields Trade Schools ranking. Purdue Northwest is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Hammond.

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University of Management and Technology did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for engineering-related fields students. It came in at #7 on the list. University of Management and Technology is a small private for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Arlington.

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Kennesaw State University ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Online Engineering-Related Fields Trade Schools list. KSU Georgia is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Kennesaw.

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Bemidji State University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Engineering-Related Fields Trade Schools ranking. Bemidji State University is a small public school located in the town of Bemidji.

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Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Other U.S. Territories
Great Lakes

Engineering-Related Fields is one of 18 different types of trade school programs to choose from.

Major Annual Graduates
Industrial & Management Engineering 5,903
Packaging Science 378
Other Engineering-Related Fields 152
Engineering Design 120

Related Major Annual Graduates
Industrial Production Technology 11,288
Electromechanical Engineering Technology 10,780
Environmental Control Technology 9,376
Drafting & Design Engineering Technology 8,822
Electronics Engineering Technology 8,347

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 14 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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