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Most Popular Online Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Southwest Region

2023 Most Popular Online Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Southwest Region

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$46,909 Avg Salary
$14,794 Avg Student Debt

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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Trade College Search has created the Most Popular Online Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in the Southwest Region to see which online associate degree 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 engineering tech associate degree programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Southwest Region .

Our 2023 rankings named Oklahoma State University - Oklahoma City the most popular online school in the Southwest Region for engineering technologies students working on their associate degree. OSU-OKC is a small public school located in the city of Oklahoma City.

About 13% of the students majoring in engineering tech at the school are women while 87% are male.

Full Engineering Technologies at Oklahoma State University - Oklahoma City Report

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Texas State Technical College is a great place for engineering technologies students working on their online associate degree. Located in the medium-sized city of Waco, TSTC is a public school with a large student population.

Of the 457 students majoring in engineering tech at TSTC, 88% are male and 12% are female.

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The in-demand online associate degree programs at University of Advancing Technology helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best engineering technologies schools in the Southwest Region . University of Advancing Technology is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Tempe.

Women make up 20% of the engineering tech majors at the school.

Full Engineering Technologies at University of Advancing Technology Report

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means New Mexico Junior College is a great place for engineering technologies students working on their online associate degree. New Mexico Junior College is a small public school located in the town of Hobbs.

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#5

Rio Salado College

Tempe, AZ

The in-demand online associate degree programs at Rio Salado 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 city of Tempe, Rio Salado College is a public college with a large student population.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of St. Thomas is a great place for engineering technologies students working on their online associate degree. UST is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Houston.

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Explore the most popular online 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 6 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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