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2023 Most Popular Online General Engineering Technology Trade Schools in California

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In 2021-2022, 316 degrees and certificates were awarded to general engineering technology students who went to a California college or university. This makes it the #25 most popular major in the state.

Today's trade school students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Trade College Search has created its Most Popular Online General Engineering Technology Trade Schools in California ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in California to see which online programs were the most popular 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 General Engineering Technology Colleges.

#1

College of San Mateo

San Mateo, CA

Our 2023 rankings named College of San Mateo the most popular online school in California for general engineering technology students. CSM is a moderately-sized public school located in the midsize city of San Mateo.

Full General Engineering Technology at College of San Mateo Report

#1

National University

San Diego, CA

Our 2023 rankings named National University the most popular online school in California for general engineering technology students. National University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of San Diego.

Read full report on General Engineering Technology at National University

#1

Compton College

Compton, CA

Our 2023 rankings named Compton College the most popular online school in California for general engineering technology students. Compton College is a small public school located in the suburb of Compton.

Read full report on General Engineering Technology at Compton College

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State Degrees Awarded
Washington 222
Oregon 4

One of 18 majors within the trade school area of study, general engineering technology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Engineering Tech Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Engineering Technology 3,685
Applied Engineering Technologies 156

Majors Similar to Engineering Tech

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 3 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to KUKA Systems GmbH.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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