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Most Popular Engineering Technologies Bachelor's Degree Trade Schools in the Southwest Region

2023 Most Popular Engineering Technologies Bachelor's Degree Trade Schools in the Southwest Region

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Finding the Best Engineering Technologies Bachelor's Degree 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Trade College Search has developed this Most Popular Engineering Technologies Bachelor's Degree Trade Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 46 schools in the Southwest Region to see which bachelor's degree programs were the most popular for trade school students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Engineering Technologies program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for engineering tech majors pursuing a bachelor's degree.

Our 2023 rankings named Texas A&M University - College Station the most popular school in the Southwest Region for engineering technologies students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the medium-sized city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public college with a fairly large student population.

About 10% of the students majoring in engineering tech at the school are women while 90% are male.

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#2

University of Houston

Houston, TX

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Houston. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the large city of Houston, UH is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 15% of the engineering tech majors at the school.

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Out of the 46 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma State University - Main Campus landed the # 3 spot on the list. OSU is a very large public school located in the distant town of Stillwater.

Women make up 14% of the engineering tech majors at the school.

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#4

Texas State University

San Marcos, TX

Out of the 46 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas State University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the city of San Marcos, Texas State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 182 students majoring in engineering tech at Texas State, 89% are male and 11% are female.

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Out of the 46 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Sam Houston State University landed the # 5 spot on the list. SHSU is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Huntsville.

Women make up 13% of the engineering tech majors at the school.

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Arizona State University - Tempe came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. ASU - Tempe is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Tempe.

Of the 127 students majoring in engineering tech at ASU - Tempe, 83% are male and 17% are female.

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Tarleton State University

Stephenville, TX

Tarleton State University ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools in the Southwest Region list. Tarleton is a fairly large public school located in the remote town of Stephenville.

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

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University of North Texas did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for engineering technologies students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the midsize city of Denton, UNT is a public school with a very large student population.

About 12% of the students majoring in engineering tech at the school are women while 88% are male.

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Southeastern Oklahoma State University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular bachelor’s degree engineering technologies programs. Located in the distant town of Durant, Southeastern Oklahoma State University is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

Of the 70 students majoring in engineering tech at Southeastern Oklahoma State University, 79% are male and 21% are female.

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With a ranking of #10, University of Houston - Downtown did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for engineering technologies students working on their bachelor’s degree. UH Downtown is a large public school located in the large city of Houston.

Women make up 13% of the engineering tech majors at the school.

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Best Engineering Technologies Colleges by State

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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 26 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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