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Most Popular Engineering Technologies Trade Schools in the Plains States Region

2023 Most Popular Engineering Technologies Trade Schools in the Plains States Region

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Finding the Best Engineering Technologies School for You

With 84,036 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, engineering technologies is the #4 most popular major in the United States.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which trade school program is right for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses.

The Most Popular Engineering Technologies Trade Schools in the Plains States Region ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 143 schools in the Plains States 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 following schools top our list of the Most Popular Engineering Technologies Colleges.

#1

Hennepin Technical College

Brooklyn Park, MN

Our 2023 rankings named Hennepin Technical College the most popular school in the Plains States Region for engineering technologies students. Located in the large suburb of Brooklyn Park, Hennepin Technical College is a public school with a small student population.

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#2

Bismarck State College

Bismarck, ND

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bismarck State College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Engineering Technologies Trade Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the small city of Bismarck, BSC is a public school with a small student population.

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The excellent programs at Wichita Technical Institute helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best engineering technologies schools in the Plains States Region . Located in the large city of Wichita, WTI is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

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#4

Ranken Technical College

Saint Louis, MO

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ranken Technical College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Engineering Technologies Trade Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the large city of Saint Louis, Ranken Technical College is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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The excellent programs at University of Central Missouri helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best engineering technologies schools in the Plains States Region . UCM is a large public school located in the town of Warrensburg.

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With a ranking of #6, Metropolitan Community College - Kansas City did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for engineering technologies students. Located in the large city of Kansas City, MCC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Pinnacle Career Institute-South Kansas City came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Engineering Technologies Trade Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Pinnacle Career Institute-South Kansas City is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the city of Kansas City.

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#8

Grantham University

LIttle Rock, AR

Grantham University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for engineering technologies students. It came in at #8 on the list. Grantham University is a medium-sized public school located in the medium-sized city of LIttle Rock.

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#9

Pittsburg State University

Pittsburg, KS

Pittsburg State University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Engineering Technologies Trade Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Pitt State is a medium-sized public school located in the distant town of Pittsburg.

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Wichita State University Campus of Applied Sciences and Technology came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Engineering Technologies Trade Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. WSU Tech is a moderately-sized public school located in the rural area of Wichita.

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Des Moines Area Community College ranked #11 on this year’s Most Popular Engineering Technologies Trade Schools in the Plains States Region list. DMACC is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Ankeny.

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#12

Kirkwood Community College

Cedar Rapids, IA

With a ranking of #12, Kirkwood Community College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for engineering technologies students. Kirkwood Community College is a fairly large public school located in the city of Cedar Rapids.

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Southeast Community College Area ranked #13 on this year’s Most Popular Engineering Technologies Trade Schools in the Plains States Region list. Southeast Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Lincoln.

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#14

Crowder College

Neosho, MO

With a ranking of #14, Crowder College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for engineering technologies students. Crowder College is a small public school located in the distant town of Neosho.

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Iowa State University came in at #15 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Engineering Technologies Trade Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in the city of Ames, Iowa State is a public school with a very large student population.

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Anoka Technical College landed the #16 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular engineering technologies programs. Located in the suburb of Anoka, Anoka Technical College is a public school with a small student population.

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#17

Kansas State University

Manhattan, KS

Kansas State University came in at #17 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Engineering Technologies Trade Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in the small city of Manhattan, K -State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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State Technical College of Missouri landed the #18 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular engineering technologies programs. Located in the rural area of Linn, STC is a public school with a small student population.

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With a ranking of #19, St Cloud Technical and Community College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for engineering technologies students. Located in the small city of Saint Cloud, St Cloud Technical and Community College is a public college with a small student population.

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#20

Waldorf University

Forest City, IA

Waldorf University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for engineering technologies students. It came in at #20 on the list. Located in the remote town of Forest City, Waldorf is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

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#21

Central Community College

Grand Island, NE

Central Community College ranked #21 on this year’s Most Popular Engineering Technologies Trade Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the city of Grand Island, Central Community College is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

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Additional Noteworthy Schools

Here are some additional popular schools for Engineering Technologies students in the Plains States Region that almost earned our Most Popular Engineering Technologies Trade Schools in the Plains States Region award.

Rank College Location
22 Missouri University of Science and Technology Rolla, MO
22 Barton County Community College Great Bend, KS
24 North Dakota State College of Science Wahpeton, ND
25 Southeast Missouri State University Cape Girardeau, MO
26 Dunwoody College of Technology Minneapolis, MN
27 Southeast Technical College Sioux Falls, SD
28 University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, IA

Best Engineering Technologies Colleges by State

Explore the best engineering technologies colleges for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 1,256
Minnesota 1,288
Iowa 942
South Dakota 231
North Dakota 443
Missouri 1,641
Nebraska 423

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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