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Best Engineering Technologies Trade Schools in the Southwest Region

2023 Best Engineering Technologies Trade Schools in the Southwest Region

53 Colleges
$49,382 Avg Salary
$20,167 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Engineering Technologies School for You

In 2021-2022, 84,036 engineering technologies students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #4 most popular in the country.

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. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Trade College Search has developed this Best Engineering Technologies Trade Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 53 schools in the Southwest Region to see which programs offered the best educational experiences for trade school students.

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2023 Best Engineering Technologies Schools in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Engineering Technologies Colleges.

Top 10 Best Engineering Technologies Schools

#1

Ocean Corporation

Houston, TX

Our analysis found Ocean Corporation to be the best school for engineering technologies students who want to pursue a degree in the Southwest Region . Located in the city of Houston, Ocean Corporation is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Lincoln College of Technology - Grand Prairie is a great place for engineering technologies students. Lincoln Tech - Grand Prairie is a small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Grand Prairie.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend South Texas Vocational Technical Institute-Corpus Christi. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Engineering Technologies Trade Schools in the Southwest Region list. South Texas Vocational Technical Institute-Corpus Christi is a small private for-profit school located in the large city of Corpus Christi.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Engineering Technologies Trade Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public college with a very large student population.

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#5

Panola College

Carthage, TX

The excellent programs at Panola College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best engineering technologies schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the distant town of Carthage, Panola College is a public school with a small student population.

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South Texas Vocational Technical Institute-San Antonio did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for engineering technologies students. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the city of San Antonio, South Texas Vo-Tech is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

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Arizona State University - Skysong landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best engineering technologies programs. ASU - Skysong is a very large public school located in the city of Scottsdale.

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Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best engineering technologies programs. ASU - Tempe is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Tempe.

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Altierus Career College - Bissonnet landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best engineering technologies programs. Located in the large city of Houston, Altierus Career College - Bissonnet is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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Best Engineering Technologies Colleges by State

Explore the best engineering technologies colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 835
Texas 7,691
New Mexico 654
Oklahoma 1,185

Engineering Tech Majors to Study

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
Engineering-Related Fields 6,553
Mechanical Engineering Technology 6,205
Construction Engineering Technology 4,299
General Engineering Technology 3,841
Quality Control Technology 3,720
Computer Engineering Technology 3,509
Engineering Technology (Other) 1,907
Energy Systems Technologies 1,277
Architectural Engineering Technology 1,239
Civil Engineering Technology 1,155
Engineering-Related Technologies 969
Mining & Petroleum Technology 410
Nuclear Engineering Technology 235
Nanotechnology 104

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.

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