2024 Best Engineering Technology Schools in the Plains States Region
8Colleges in the Plains States Region
251Engineering Technology Degrees Awarded
Engineering Technology is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #203 most popular degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
In 2024, College Factual analyzed 8 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Engineering Technology Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 251 degrees in engineering technology during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Your choice of engineering technology school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Engineering Technology School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
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Best Schools for Engineering Technology in the Plains States Region
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the engineering technology degree levels they offer.
Top Plains States Region Schools in Engineering Technology
It is hard to beat University of Central Missouri if you want to pursue a degree in engineering technology. Located in the town of Warrensburg, UCM is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 21st out of 48 colleges for overall quality in the state of Missouri.
There were approximately 37 engineering technology students who graduated with this degree at UCM in the most recent year we have data available.
Kansas State University is a great choice for students pursuing a degree in engineering technology. Located in the small city of Manhattan, K -State is a public university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #225 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means K -State is a great university overall.
There were roughly 25 engineering technology students who graduated with this degree at K -State in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student pursuing a degree in engineering technology has to look into Pittsburg State University. Pitt State is a moderately-sized public university located in the town of Pittsburg. This university ranks 11th out of 47 colleges for overall quality in the state of Kansas.
There were approximately 20 engineering technology students who graduated with this degree at Pitt State in the most recent data year.
It is hard to beat Wichita State University if you want to pursue a degree in engineering technology. Located in the city of Wichita, WSU is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #663 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means WSU is a great university overall.
There were about 28 engineering technology students who graduated with this degree at WSU in the most recent year we have data available.
Bemidji State University is a small public university located in the town of Bemidji. This university ranks 35th out of 52 colleges for overall quality in the state of Minnesota.
There were about 25 engineering technology students who graduated with this degree at Bemidji State University in the most recent data year.
Located in the small city of Bismarck, BSC is a public college with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #582 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means BSC is a great college overall.
There were approximately 6 engineering technology students who graduated with this degree at BSC in the most recent year we have data available.
Southeast Missouri State University is a medium-sized public university located in the small city of Cape Girardeau. This university ranks 27th out of 48 colleges for overall quality in the state of Missouri.
There were roughly 29 engineering technology students who graduated with this degree at Southeast Missouri State University in the most recent data year.
Rankings in Majors Related to Engineering Technology
One of 1 majors within the General Engineering Technology area of study, Engineering Technology has other similar majors worth exploring.
Notes and References
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).