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2023 Most Popular Engineering-Related Fields Basic Certificate Trade Schools

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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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Trade College Search has created the Most Popular Engineering-Related Fields Basic Certificate Trade Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 7 schools in the United States to see which basic certificate programs were the most popular for trade school students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Engineering-Related Fields program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for engineering-related fields majors pursuing a basic certificate.

Our 2023 rankings named Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis the most popular school in the United States for engineering-related fields students working on their basic certificate. IUPUI is a fairly large public school located in the city of Indianapolis.

Women make up 25% of the engineering-related fields majors at the school.

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Out of the 7 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Grand Valley State University landed the # 2 spot on the list. GVSU is a very large public school located in the suburb of Allendale.

Of the 3 students majoring in engineering-related fields at GVSU, 67% are male and 33% are female.

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The in-demand basic certificate programs at Georgia State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular engineering-related fields schools in the United States. Georgia State is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Atlanta.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Bluegrass Community and Technical College is a great place for engineering-related fields students working on their basic certificate. Located in the city of Lexington, Bluegrass Community and Technical College is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Out of the 7 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Southeast is a small public school located in the distant town of Cumberland.

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#4

Madisonville Community College

Madisonville, KY

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Madisonville Community College is a great place for engineering-related fields students working on their basic certificate. Located in the rural area of Madisonville, Madisonville Community College is a public school with a small student population.

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#4

Hennepin Technical College

Brooklyn Park, MN

Out of the 7 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Hennepin Technical College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Hennepin Technical College is a small public school located in the suburb of Brooklyn Park.

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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 7 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).

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