2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Engineering Technology (Other) in the Southwest Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Other Engineering Tech Major in the Southwest Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Engineering Technology (Other) is the 210th most popular major in the country with 1,768 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, engineering technology (other) graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $57,018 and had an average of $21,991 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 90 engineering technology (other) graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,549 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 26 engineering technology (other) graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,810 and $18,681 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Other Engineering Tech Major in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in engineering technology (other). That schools that top this list have a program in engineering technology (other) in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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

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

Top 7 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Engineering Technology (Other) in the Southwest Region

1

Northern Oklahoma College
Tonkawa, Oklahoma

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern Oklahoma College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Other Engineering Tech Major in the Southwest Region list. Northern Oklahoma College is a public institution located in Tonkawa, Oklahoma. The school has a small population, and it awarded 16 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Engineering Technology (Other) at Northern Oklahoma College

2

Oklahoma State University - Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Other Engineering Tech Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma State University - Oklahoma City landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, this small public school handed out 10 diplomas to qualified associates’s other engineering tech students in 2020-2021.

Full OSU-OKC Engineering Technology (Other) Report

3

Rogers State University
Claremore, Oklahoma

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rogers State University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Other Engineering Tech Major in the Southwest Region. RSU is located in Claremore, Oklahoma and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 associates’s other engineering tech degrees to qualified students.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about Engineering Technology (Other) at RSU

3

Rose State College
Midwest City, Oklahoma

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rose State College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Other Engineering Tech Major in the Southwest Region list. Rose State College is located in Midwest City, Oklahoma and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 associates’s other engineering tech degrees to qualified students.

Read full report on Engineering Technology (Other) at RSC

3

Central Arizona College
Coolidge, Arizona

Top 20% overall quality in Southwest

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Arizona College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Other Engineering Tech Major in the Southwest Region list. Pinal County Community College is a small school located in Coolidge, Arizona that handed out 0 associates’s other engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Engineering Technology (Other) at Central Arizona College

3

Navajo Technical University
Crownpoint, New Mexico

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Navajo Technical University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Other Engineering Tech Major in the Southwest Region list. This small school is located in Crownpoint, New Mexico, and it awarded 1 associates’s other engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.

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3

Carl Albert State College
Poteau, Oklahoma

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Carl Albert State College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Other Engineering Tech Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Poteau, Oklahoma, this small public school handed out 0 degrees to qualified associates’s other engineering tech students in 2020-2021.

Full Carl Albert State College Engineering Technology (Other) Report

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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.