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Most Popular Online Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Far Western US Region

2023 Most Popular Online Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Far Western US Region

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

Today's trade school students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Trade College Search has created its Most Popular Online Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. This report analyzed 7 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which ones were the most popular online associate degree programs 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 Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Colleges.

Our analysis found California Institute of Arts & Technology to be the most popular school for engineering technologies students who want to pursue an online associate degree in the Far Western US Region . Located in the city of San Diego, California Institute of Arts & Technology is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

About 17% of the students majoring in engineering tech at the school are women while 83% are male.

Full Engineering Technologies at California Institute of Arts & Technology Report

#2

Academy of Art University

San Francisco, CA

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Academy of Art University is a great place for engineering technologies students working on their online associate degree. Located in the city of San Francisco, Academy of Art University is a private for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

Women make up 76% of the engineering tech majors at the school.

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Out of the 7 online programs at schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alaska Anchorage landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Anchorage, UAA is a public school with a large student population.

Of the 31 students majoring in engineering tech at UAA, 87% are male and 13% are female.

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Out of the 7 online programs at schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Great Basin College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Great Basin College is a small public school located in the town of Elko.

About 18% of the students majoring in engineering tech at the school are women while 82% are male.

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#5

College of San Mateo

San Mateo, CA

Out of the 7 online programs at schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, College of San Mateo landed the # 5 spot on the list. CSM is a medium-sized public school located in the medium-sized city of San Mateo.

About 25% of the students majoring in engineering tech at the school are women while 75% are male.

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#6

Compton College

Compton, CA

Compton College ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Online Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Compton College is a small public school located in the large suburb of Compton.

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#7

National University

San Diego, CA

National University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular online places for engineering technologies students to get a associate degree. It came in at #7 on the list. National University is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of San Diego.

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Explore the most popular online engineering technologies colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
Alaska 112
Hawaii 91
Washington 2,537
Oregon 592
California 4,871
Nevada 286

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 7 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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