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2023 Most Popular Online Mechanical Engineering Basic Certificate Trade Schools

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In 2021-2022, 6,205 people earned a degree or certificate in mechanical engineering technology, making the major the #25 most popular in the United States.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for trade school students. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country.

The Most Popular Online Mechanical Engineering Basic Certificate Trade Schools ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in the United States to see which online basic certificate 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.

Check out the online me tech basic certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the United States.

Our 2023 rankings named Wake Technical Community College the most popular online school in the United States for mechanical engineering technology students working on their basic certificate. Located in the large suburb of Raleigh, Wake Technical Community College is a public school with a fairly large student population.

About 10% of the students majoring in me tech at the school are women while 90% are male.

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#2

National University

San Diego, CA

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means National University is a great place for mechanical engineering technology students working on their online basic certificate. Located in the large city of San Diego, National University is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means American Public University System is a great place for mechanical engineering technology students working on their online basic certificate. American Military University is a fairly large private for-profit school located in the town of Charles Town.

Women make up 33% of the me tech majors at the school.

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

ME Tech Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology 3,490
Aeronautical/Aerospace Engineering Technology 1,074
Automotive Engineering Technology 1,062
Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies, Other 473
Marine Engineering Technology 106

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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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