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2023 Most Popular Online Engineering Technologies Basic Certificate Trade Schools

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Engineering Technologies is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 4th of all the majors we analyze. In 2021-2022, 84,036 degrees and certificates were awarded to students with this major.

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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Trade College Search has developed this Most Popular Online Engineering Technologies Basic Certificate Trade Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 71 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.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for engineering tech majors pursuing an online basic certificate.

Our analysis found Seminole State College of Florida to be the most popular school for engineering technologies students who want to pursue an online basic certificate in the United States. Seminole State is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Sanford.

Women make up 17% of the engineering tech majors at the school.

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Out of the 71 online programs at schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, William Rainey Harper College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Harper College is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Palatine.

Women make up 28% of the engineering tech majors at the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Chattahoochee Technical College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Engineering Technologies Basic Certificate Trade Schools list. Located in the large suburb of Marietta, Chattahoochee Technical College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

About 31% of the students majoring in engineering tech at the school are women while 69% are male.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend West Kentucky Community and Technical College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Engineering Technologies Basic Certificate Trade Schools list. West Kentucky Community and Technical College is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Paducah.

Of the 24 students majoring in engineering tech at West Kentucky Community and Technical College, 63% are male and 38% are female.

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The in-demand online basic certificate programs at Sinclair Community College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best engineering technologies schools in the United States. Sinclair Community College is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Dayton.

Women make up 16% of the engineering tech majors at the school.

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James A Rhodes State College landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online basic certificate engineering technologies programs. Located in the suburb of Lima, Rhodes State College is a public college with a small student population.

Women make up 10% of the engineering tech majors at the school.

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#7

Columbia Southern University

Orange Beach, AL

Columbia Southern University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online basic certificate engineering technologies programs. Located in the town of Orange Beach, Columbia Southern University is a private for-profit school with a large student population.

Of the 31 students majoring in engineering tech at Columbia Southern University, 71% are male and 29% are female.

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With a ranking of #8, Pine Technical & Community College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for engineering technologies students working on their online basic certificate. Located in the town of Pine City, Pine Technical & Community College is a public college with a small student population.

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Northcentral Technical College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Engineering Technologies Basic Certificate Trade Schools ranking. North Central Technical College is a medium-sized public school located in the small city of Wausau.

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

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With a ranking of #10, Elizabethtown Community and Technical College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for engineering technologies students working on their online basic certificate. Located in the city of Elizabethtown, Elizabethtown Community and Technical College is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

About 8% of the students majoring in engineering tech at the school are women while 92% are male.

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Honorable Mentions

Here are some additional great schools for online Engineering Technologies students that almost earned our Most Popular Online Engineering Technologies Basic Certificate Trade Schools award.

Rank College Location
11 Delgado Community College New Orleans, LA
12 Wake Technical Community College Raleigh, NC
13 Lorain County Community College Elyria, OH
14 Terra State Community College Fremont, OH
14 Albany Technical College Albany, GA

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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.

  • 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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