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2023 Most Popular Engineering Technologies Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Pennsylvania

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Finding the Best Engineering Technologies Basic Certificate School for You

In 2021-2022, engineering technologies students earned 1,913 degrees and certificates from a Pennsylvania school, making the subject the 4th in the state.

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The Most Popular Engineering Technologies Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Pennsylvania ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 17 schools in Pennsylvania to see which basic certificate 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 following schools top our list of the Most Popular Engineering Technologies Basic Certificate Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named Community College of Philadelphia the most popular school in Pennsylvania for engineering technologies students working on their basic certificate. Community College of Philadelphia is a large public school located in the large city of Philadelphia.

Women make up 33% of the engineering tech majors at the school.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Harrisburg Area Community College is a great place for engineering technologies students working on their basic certificate. HACC is a large public school located in the city of Harrisburg.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Community College of Allegheny County is a great place for engineering technologies students working on their basic certificate. Located in the city of Pittsburgh, CCAC is a public college with a large student population.

Of the 2 students majoring in engineering tech at CCAC, 50% are male and 50% are female.

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The in-demand basic certificate programs at Forbes Road Career and Technology Center helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular engineering technologies schools in Pennsylvania. Forbes Road Career and Technology Center is a public school located in the large suburb of Monroeville.

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The in-demand basic certificate programs at Butler County Community College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular engineering technologies schools in Pennsylvania. Located in the town of Butler, BC3 is a public school with a small student population.

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#6

Lackawanna College

Scranton, PA

Lackawanna College ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Engineering Technologies Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Pennsylvania list. Lackawanna College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Scranton.

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Delaware County Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for engineering technologies students to get a basic certificate. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the large suburb of Media, Delaware County Community College is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

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Bucks County Community College landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular basic certificate engineering technologies programs. Bucks County Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the rural area of Newtown.

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Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science and Technology landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular basic certificate engineering technologies programs. Located in the rural area of Pleasant Gap, CPI is a public college with a fairly small student population.

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Best Engineering Technologies Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Most Popular Engineering Technologies Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New Jersey 1,136
Maryland 458
Delaware 106
New York 3,694
District of Columbia 38

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 17 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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