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2023 Most Popular Engineering Technologies Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

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Finding the Best Engineering Technologies Basic Certificate 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 can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Trade College Search has created its Most Popular Engineering Technologies Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 31 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region 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 colleges and universities below are the most popular for engineering tech majors pursuing a basic certificate.

#1

Front Range Community College

Westminster, CO

Our 2023 rankings named Front Range Community College the most popular school in the Rocky Mountains Region for engineering technologies students working on their basic certificate. FRCC is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Westminster.

About 23% of the students majoring in engineering tech at the school are women while 77% are male.

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#2

Pikes Peak Community College

Colorado Springs, CO

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pikes Peak Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Engineering Technologies Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. PPCC is a large public school located in the suburb of Colorado Springs.

Women make up 26% of the engineering tech majors at the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Uintah Basin Technical College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Engineering Technologies Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. UBTech is a small public school located in the town of Roosevelt.

Women make up 5% of the engineering tech majors at the school.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Red Rocks Community College is a great place for engineering technologies students working on their basic certificate. Red Rocks Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Lakewood.

Women make up 31% of the engineering tech majors at the school.

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Out of the 31 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Pickens Technical College landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the city of Aurora, Pickens Technical College is a public school with a fairly small student population.

About 7% of the students majoring in engineering tech at the school are women while 93% are male.

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Weber State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Engineering Technologies Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Located in the small city of Ogden, WSU is a public college with a very large student population.

Of the 17 students majoring in engineering tech at WSU, 82% are male and 18% are female.

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#7

Aims Community College

Greeley, CO

Aims Community College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Engineering Technologies Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Located in the medium-sized city of Greeley, Aims Community College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

Of the 19 students majoring in engineering tech at Aims Community College, 63% are male and 37% are female.

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Northeastern Junior College ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Engineering Technologies Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the remote town of Sterling, NJC is a public school with a small student population.

Women make up 4% of the engineering tech majors at the school.

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Utah Valley University ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Engineering Technologies Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the city of Orem, UVU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

About 23% of the students majoring in engineering tech at the school are women while 77% are male.

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Ogden-Weber Technical College ranked #10 on this year’s Most Popular Engineering Technologies Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Ogden-Weber Tech College is a small public school located in the small city of Ogden.

Of the 23 students majoring in engineering tech at Ogden-Weber Tech College, 83% are male and 17% are female.

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Best Engineering Technologies Colleges by State

Explore the best engineering technologies colleges for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Wyoming 60
Colorado 1,326
Utah 729
Montana 160
Idaho 551

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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