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2023 Best Engineering Technologies Trade Schools in Texas

38 Colleges
$47,339 Avg Salary
$19,174 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Engineering Technologies School for You

Engineering Technologies is one of the most popular subjects to study in Texas. With 7,691 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, it ranked 4th out of all the majors we track in the state.

There are so many trade school programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one 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 Engineering Technologies Trade Schools in Texas to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 38 schools in Texas to see which ones offered the best programs for trade school students.

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2023 Best Engineering Technologies Schools in Texas

The colleges and universities below are the best for engineering tech majors pursuing a .

Top 10 Best Engineering Technologies Schools

#1

Ocean Corporation

Houston, TX

Our 2023 rankings named Ocean Corporation the best school in Texas for engineering technologies students. Located in the large city of Houston, Ocean Corporation is a private for-profit college with a fairly 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 large suburb of Grand Prairie.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Texas Vocational Technical Institute-Corpus Christi. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Engineering Technologies Trade Schools in Texas list. South Texas Vocational Technical Institute-Corpus Christi is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the large city of Corpus Christi.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Texas A&M University - College Station. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Engineering Technologies Trade Schools in Texas list. Located in the medium-sized city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#5

Panola College

Carthage, TX

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Panola College is a great place for engineering technologies students. Located in the 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 ranked #6 on this year’s Best Engineering Technologies Trade Schools in Texas list. Located in the large city of San Antonio, South Texas Vo-Tech is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

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Altierus Career College - Bissonnet came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Engineering Technologies Trade Schools in Texas ranking. Located in the large city of Houston, Altierus Career College - Bissonnet is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

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Lamar Institute of Technology came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Engineering Technologies Trade Schools in Texas ranking. Located in the city of Beaumont, Lamar Institute of Technology is a public college with a small student population.

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#9

Lee College

Baytown, TX

Lee College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Engineering Technologies Trade Schools in Texas ranking. Located in the small city of Baytown, Lee College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

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#10

Texas State University

San Marcos, TX

Texas State University landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best engineering technologies programs. Located in the small city of San Marcos, Texas State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Best Engineering Technologies Colleges in the Southwest Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 835
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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