2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on ME Tech Major in Texas

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In 2020-2021, 6,013 people earned their degree in mechanical engineering technology, making the major the 132nd most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, mechanical engineering technology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $54,639 and had an average of $22,526 in loans still to pay off.

Across Texas, there were 203 mechanical engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,723 and $25,898 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 1 mechanical engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,954 and $18,599 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on ME Tech Major in Texas” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in mechanical engineering technology. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in mechanical engineering technology.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on ME Tech Major in Texas

The colleges and universities below are the best for texas associate degree me tech students.

Top 3 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering Technology in Texas

1

Lee College
Baytown, Texas

#8 overall quality in Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lee College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on ME Tech Major in Texas list. Lee College is located in Baytown, Texas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 associates’s ME tech degrees to qualified students.

Read more about Mechanical Engineering Technology at Lee College

2

Texas State Technical College
Waco, Texas

#14 overall quality in Texas

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on ME Tech Major in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas State Technical College landed the #2 spot on the list. TSTC is a public institution located in Waco, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 0 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Full TSTC Mechanical Engineering Technology Report

2

Trinity Valley Community College
Athens, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Trinity Valley Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on ME Tech Major in Texas list. TVCC is a public institution located in Athens, Texas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 12 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Mechanical Engineering Technology at TVCC

• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering Technology in the Southwest Region
• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Mechanical 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.