2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for General Engineering Technology in Alabama

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General Engineering Technology is the 156th most popular major in the country with 4,676 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, general engineering technology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $53,419 and had an average of $23,567 in loans still to pay off.

Across Alabama, there were 306 general engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,732 and $10,490 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 85 general engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,592 and $21,124 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in Alabama” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in general engineering technology. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their general engineering technology program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in Alabama

The colleges and universities below are the best for alabama associate degree engineering tech students.

Top 3 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for General Engineering Technology in Alabama

1

Jefferson State Community College
Birmingham, Alabama

#20 overall quality in Alabama

$42,023 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Jefferson State Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in Alabama. This medium-sized school is located in Birmingham, Alabama, and it awarded 44 associates’s engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Jeff State General Engineering Technology Report

2

Wallace State Community College, Hanceville
Hanceville, Alabama

#17 overall quality in Alabama

$33,440 Average Early-Career Earnings

$10,490 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wallace State Community College, Hanceville. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in Alabama. Wallace State, Hanceville is a medium-sized school located in Hanceville, Alabama that handed out 40 associates’s engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Wallace State, Hanceville General Engineering Technology Report

3

Northeast Alabama Community College
Rainsville, Alabama

#23 overall quality in Alabama

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in Alabama that were part of this year’s ranking, Northeast Alabama Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. Northeast Alabama Community College is a public institution located in Rainsville, Alabama. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

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• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for General Engineering Technology in the Southeast Region
• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for General Engineering Technology

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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