2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering-Related Tech Major in the Southwest Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering-Related Tech Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2020-2021, 989 people earned their degree in engineering-related technologies, making the major the 270th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, engineering-related technologies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $57,339 and had an average of $21,670 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 137 engineering-related technologies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 71 engineering-related technologies graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,810 and $18,681 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering-Related Tech Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 9 colleges that offer a degree in engineering-related technologies. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in engineering-related technologies.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering-Related Tech Major in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region associate degree engineering-related tech students.

Top 9 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Engineering-Related Technologies in the Southwest Region

1

Oklahoma State University - Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oklahoma State University - Oklahoma City. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering-Related Tech Major in the Southwest Region list. OSU-OKC is a small public school situated in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. It awarded 19 associates’s engineering-related tech degrees in 2020-2021.

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2

Tyler Junior College
Tyler, Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Tyler Junior College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering-Related Tech Major in the Southwest Region. Tyler Junior College is located in Tyler, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 20 associates’s engineering-related tech degrees to qualified students.

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3

Tulsa Community College
Tulsa, Oklahoma

Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering-Related Tech Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Tulsa Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and it awarded 17 associates’s engineering-related tech degrees in 2020-2021.

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4

Northland Pioneer College
Holbrook, Arizona

Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering-Related Tech Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northland Pioneer College landed the #4 spot on the list. NPC is a small public school situated in Holbrook, Arizona. It awarded 1 associates’s engineering-related tech degrees in 2020-2021.

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5

Austin Community College District
Austin, Texas

Top 15% overall quality in Southwest

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Austin Community College District. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering-Related Tech Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Austin, Texas, this large public school awarded 6 diplomas to qualified associates’s engineering-related tech students in 2020-2021.

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6

Lone Star College System
The Woodlands, Texas

Top 25% overall quality in Southwest

Lone Star College System landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering-Related Tech Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Lone Star College System is located in The Woodlands, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 associates’s engineering-related tech degrees to qualified students.

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7

Odessa College
Odessa, Texas

Odessa College landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering-Related Tech Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Odessa, Texas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s engineering-related tech degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.

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8

San Juan College
Farmington, New Mexico

San Juan College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering-Related Tech Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #8. San Juan College is a public institution located in Farmington, New Mexico. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 0 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

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Texas State Technical College
Waco, Texas

Top 5% overall quality in Southwest

With a ranking of #8, Texas State Technical College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering-Related Tech Major in the Southwest Region list. Texas State Technical College is located in Waco, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 associates’s engineering-related tech degrees to qualified students.

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Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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