by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 85,188 people earned their degree in engineering technologies, making the major the 20th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, engineering technologies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $52,350 and had an average of $21,560 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southeast region, there were 27,376 engineering technologies graduates with average earnings and debt of $49,645 and $20,966 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 6,483 engineering technologies graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,328 and $20,384 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 274 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in engineering technologies. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in engineering technologies.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
The engineering tech school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in the Southeast Region”.
You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region associate degree engineering tech students.
Out of the 274 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, ITI Technical College landed the #1 spot on the list. ITI Technical College is located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 173 associates’s engineering tech degrees to qualified students.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Remington College - Baton Rouge Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in the Southeast Region. Remington College - Baton Rouge Campus is a private not-for-profit institution located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The school has a small population, and it awarded 13 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Remington College - Baton Rouge Campus Engineering Technologies Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend River Parishes Community College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in the Southeast Region. River Parishes Community College is a public institution located in Gonzales, Louisiana. The school has a small population, and it awarded 191 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend J-Tech Institute. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in the Southeast Region list. This small school is located in Jacksonville, Florida, and it awarded 42 associates’s engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Nunez Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in the Southeast Region list. Chalmette, Louisiana is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s engineering tech degrees to 81 students in 2020-2021.
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Centura College - Virginia Beach ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Virginia Beach, Virginia, this small private for-profit school awarded 11 degrees to qualified associates’s engineering tech students in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Full Centura College - Virginia Beach Engineering Technologies Report
BridgeValley Community & Technical College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #7. BridgeValley Community & Technical College is a small school located in South Charleston, West Virginia that handed out 37 associates’s engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.
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SOWELA Technical Community College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in the Southeast Region ranking. This small school is located in Lake Charles, Louisiana, and it awarded 168 associates’s engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.
Spartanburg Community College landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Spartanburg Community College is a medium-sized public school situated in Spartanburg, South Carolina. It awarded 92 associates’s engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.
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Mayland Community College came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Mayland Community College is a public institution located in Spruce Pine, North Carolina. The school has a small population, and it awarded 23 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Mayland Community College Engineering Technologies Report
Bluefield State College came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Bluefield State College is located in Bluefield, West Virginia and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 25 associates’s engineering tech degrees to qualified students.
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With a ranking of #12, J. F. Drake State Community and Technical College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in the Southeast Region list. Drake State is a small public school situated in Huntsville, Alabama. It awarded 23 associates’s engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #13, Northeast State Community College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in the Southeast Region list. Blountville, Tennessee is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s engineering tech degrees to 100 students in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #14, Pearl River Community College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in the Southeast Region list. This small school is located in Poplarville, Mississippi, and it awarded 106 associates’s engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.
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Remington College - Mobile Campus ranked #15 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Mobile, Alabama, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 8 diplomas to qualified associates’s engineering tech students in 2020-2021.
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Pierpont Community and Technical College came in at #16 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Pierpont Community and Technical College is a public institution located in Fairmont, West Virginia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 43 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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Western Piedmont Community College came in at #17 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in Morganton, North Carolina, this small public school handed out 31 diplomas to qualified associates’s engineering tech students in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
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Greenville Technical College ranked #18 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in the Southeast Region list. GTC is a medium-sized public school situated in Greenville, South Carolina. It awarded 148 associates’s engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #19, Arkansas Northeastern College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in the Southeast Region list. This small school is located in Blytheville, Arkansas, and it awarded 32 associates’s engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.
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Eastern West Virginia Community and Technical College landed the #20 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Eastern West Virginia Community and Technical College is a public institution located in Moorefield, West Virginia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 6 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Chattanooga State Community College came in at #21 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Chattanooga State Community College is a medium-sized public school situated in Chattanooga, Tennessee. It awarded 100 associates’s engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #22, College of Business and Technology-Hialeah did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in the Southeast Region list. This small school is located in Hialeah, Florida, and it awarded 11 associates’s engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.
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H Councill Trenholm State Community College came in at #23 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in Montgomery, Alabama, this small public school handed out 16 degrees to qualified associates’s engineering tech students in 2020-2021.
Coastal Alabama Community College landed the #24 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Coastal Alabama Community College is a medium-sized public school situated in Bay Minette, Alabama. It awarded 85 associates’s engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #25, Florence-Darlington Technical College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in the Southeast Region list. Florence-Darlington Technical College is a small school located in Florence, South Carolina that handed out 35 associates’s engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Florence-Darlington Technical College Engineering Technologies Report
Not only did these schools make the top 42 list, but they also landed in the top 15% of this year’s ranking:
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