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Most Popular Engineering Technologies Trade Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

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

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Finding the Best Engineering Technologies 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Trade College Search has created the Most Popular Engineering Technologies Trade Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 56 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which 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 .

#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. FRCC is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Westminster.

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Out of the 56 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Brigham Young University - Idaho landed the # 2 spot on the list. BYU - I is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the distant town of Rexburg.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Engineering Technologies Trade Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Colorado State is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Fort Collins.

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#3

Pikes Peak Community College

Colorado Springs, CO

The excellent programs at Pikes Peak Community College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best engineering technologies schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . PPCC is a large public school located in the large suburb of Colorado Springs.

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Out of the 56 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Utah Valley University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Orem, UVU is a public college with a very large student population.

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Weber State University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular engineering technologies programs. Located in the city of Ogden, WSU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Utah State University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Engineering Technologies Trade Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. USU is a very large public school located in the small city of Logan.

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With a ranking of #8, Metropolitan State University of Denver did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for engineering technologies students. Located in the city of Denver, MSU Denver is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Montana State University ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Engineering Technologies Trade Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the town of Bozeman, MSU Bozeman is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#10

Idaho State University

Pocatello, ID

With a ranking of #10, Idaho State University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for engineering technologies students. Located in the city of Pocatello, ISU is a public school with a large student population.

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Best Engineering Technologies Colleges by State

Explore the best engineering technologies schools 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 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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