by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering-Related Fields Major” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Engineering-Related Fields is the 112th most popular major in the country with 6,736 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, engineering-related fields graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $77,404 and had an average of $26,200 in loans still to pay off.
At the associate degree level specifically, there were 46 engineering-related fields graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,806 and $19,336 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering-Related Fields Major” ranking, we looked at 9 colleges that offer a degree in engineering-related fields. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in engineering-related fields.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering-Related Fields Major”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lakeshore Technical College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering-Related Fields Major list. This small school is located in Cleveland, Wisconsin, and it awarded 13 associates’s engineering-related fields degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwest State Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering-Related Fields Major list. Archbold, Ohio is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s engineering-related fields degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering-Related Fields Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Grantham University landed the #3 spot on the list. Grantham University is a medium-sized school located in Lenexa, Kansas that handed out 16 associates’s engineering-related fields degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Athens Technical College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering-Related Fields Major. This small school is located in Athens, Georgia, and it awarded 11 associates’s engineering-related fields degrees in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering-Related Fields Major that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Management and Technology landed the #5 spot on the list. University of Management and Technology is a small private for-profit school situated in Arlington, Virginia. It awarded 2 associates’s engineering-related fields degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 100%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Full University of Management and Technology Engineering-Related Fields Report
Chattahoochee Technical College landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering-Related Fields Major ranking. This medium-sized school is located in Marietta, Georgia, and it awarded 0 associates’s engineering-related fields degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Chattahoochee Technical College Engineering-Related Fields Report
University of the Virgin Islands came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering-Related Fields Major ranking. University of the Virgin Islands is located in Charlotte Amalie, and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 associates’s engineering-related fields degrees to qualified students.
Full University of the Virgin Islands Engineering-Related Fields Report
Edison State Community College ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering-Related Fields Major list. Edison Community College is a small school located in Piqua, Ohio that handed out 0 associates’s engineering-related fields degrees in 2020-2021.
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Mid-State Technical College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering-Related Fields Major ranking, coming in at #6. Mid-State Technical College is a public institution located in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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