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2023 Most Popular Engineering-Related Fields Basic Certificate Trade Schools

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In 2020-2021, 1,898 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 analysis found Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis to be the most popular school for engineering-related fields students who want to pursue a basic certificate in the United States. IUPUI is a very large public school located in the large city of Indianapolis.

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The in-demand basic certificate programs at Grand Valley State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular engineering-related fields schools in the United States. 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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Out of the 7 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgia State University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Georgia State is a very large public school located in the large city of Atlanta.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bluegrass Community and Technical College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Engineering-Related Fields Basic Certificate Trade Schools list. Bluegrass Community and Technical College is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Lexington.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Engineering-Related Fields Basic Certificate Trade Schools list. Southeast is a small public school located in the town of Cumberland.

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#4

Madisonville Community College

Madisonville, KY

The in-demand basic certificate programs at Madisonville Community College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular engineering-related fields schools in the United States. 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

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hennepin Technical College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Engineering-Related Fields Basic Certificate Trade Schools list. Hennepin Technical College is a small public school located in the suburb of Brooklyn Park.

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New England
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Far Western US
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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 1,405
Packaging Science 378
Other Engineering-Related Fields 115

Related Major Annual Graduates
Industrial Production Technology 11,466
Electromechanical Engineering Technology 10,550
Drafting & Design Engineering Technology 8,819
Environmental Control Technology 8,601
Electronics Engineering Technology 8,553

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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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