2023 Best General Engineering Technology Trade Schools
Finding the Best General Engineering Technology School for You
In 2021-2022, 3,841 people earned a degree or certificate in general engineering technology, making the major the #27 most popular in the United States.
With all the trade school programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Trade College Search has created the Best General Engineering Technology Trade Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 62 schools in the United States to see which programs offered the best educational experiences for trade school students.
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2023 Best General Engineering Technology Schools in the United States
The colleges and universities below are the best for engineering tech majors pursuing a .
Top 10 Best General Engineering Technology Schools
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brigham Young University - Idaho. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best General Engineering Technology Trade Schools list. Located in the town of Rexburg, BYU - I is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Miami University - Hamilton. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best General Engineering Technology Trade Schools list. Miami University - Hamilton is a small public school located in the suburb of Hamilton.
The excellent programs at Kennesaw State University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best general engineering technology schools in the United States. Located in the suburb of Kennesaw, KSU Georgia is a public school with a fairly large student population.
A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Bemidji State University is a great place for general engineering technology students. Located in the town of Bemidji, Bemidji State University is a public college with a small student population.
With a ranking of #6, New Jersey Institute of Technology did quite well on this year’s best schools for general engineering technology students. NJIT is a large public school located in the large city of Newark.
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University of Wisconsin - Stout did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for general engineering technology students. It came in at #7 on the list. UW - Stout is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Menomonie.
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Drexel University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for general engineering technology students. It came in at #8 on the list. Drexel is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Philadelphia.
Trine University-Regional/Non-Traditional Campuses landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best general engineering technology programs. Trine is a small private not-for-profit school located in the distant town of Angola.
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Miami University - Middletown landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best general engineering technology programs. Miami University - Middletown is a small public school located in the small suburb of Middletown.
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Additional Noteworthy Schools
These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best General Engineering Technology Trade Schools award.
Rank | College | Location |
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11 | Illinois State University | Normal, IL |
12 | Purdue University - Main Campus | West Lafayette, IN |
General Engineering Technology by Region
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General Engineering Technology Related Rankings by Major
General Engineering Technology is one of 18 different types of trade school programs to choose from.
Engineering Tech Focus Areas
Major | Annual Graduates |
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Engineering Technology | 3,685 |
Applied Engineering Technologies | 156 |
Most Popular Related Majors
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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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 25 schools only.
- Read more about our ranking methodology.
- 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).
- Credit for the banner image above goes to KUKA Systems GmbH.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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