by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Engineering Tech Major in Connecticut for an Associate” 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 Connecticut, there were 703 engineering technologies graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,374 and $19,978 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 151 engineering technologies graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,377 and $19,767 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Engineering Tech Major in Connecticut for an Associate” ranking analyzed 14 colleges that offered a degree in engineering technologies. To top this list, a school must have a successful engineering technologies program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Well Attended Engineering Tech Major in Connecticut for an Associate” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for connecticut associate degree engineering tech students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Three Rivers Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Engineering Tech Major in Connecticut for an Associate. Norwich, Connecticut is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s engineering tech degrees to 37 students in 2020-2021.
Full Three Rivers Community College Engineering Technologies Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Naugatuck Valley Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Tech Major in Connecticut for an Associate list. Located in Waterbury, Connecticut, this small public school handed out 35 diplomas to qualified associates’s engineering tech students in 2020-2021.
Full Naugatuck Valley Community College Engineering Technologies Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Gateway Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Tech Major in Connecticut for an Associate list. Gateway Community College is located in New Haven, Connecticut and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 26 associates’s engineering tech degrees to qualified students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Norwalk Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Tech Major in Connecticut for an Associate list. Norwalk, Connecticut is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s engineering tech degrees to 10 students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Engineering Technologies at Norwalk Community College
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Asnuntuck Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Tech Major in Connecticut for an Associate list. This small school is located in Enfield, Connecticut, and it awarded 8 associates’s engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Asnuntuck Community College Engineering Technologies Report
Capital Community College did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Tech Major in Connecticut for an Associate ranking, coming in at #6. Capital Community College is a public institution located in Hartford, Connecticut. The school has a small population, and it awarded 6 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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Quinebaug Valley Community College did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Tech Major in Connecticut for an Associate ranking, coming in at #7. Danielson, Connecticut is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s engineering tech degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.
University of Hartford ranked #7 on this year’s Most Well Attended Engineering Tech Major in Connecticut for an Associate list. West Hartford, Connecticut is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out associates’s engineering tech degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Goodwin College did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Tech Major in Connecticut for an Associate ranking, coming in at #9. Goodwin is a private not-for-profit institution located in East Hartford, Connecticut. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Northwestern Connecticut Community College landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Tech Major in Connecticut for an Associate ranking. NCCC is a public institution located in Winsted, Connecticut. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Manchester Community College did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Tech Major in Connecticut for an Associate ranking, coming in at #9. Manchester Community College is a small public school situated in Manchester, Connecticut. It awarded 4 associates’s engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.
Middlesex Community College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Engineering Tech Major in Connecticut for an Associate ranking. MxCC is a public institution located in Middletown, Connecticut. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Middlesex Community College Engineering Technologies Report
Tunxis Community College came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Engineering Tech Major in Connecticut for an Associate ranking. Tunxis Community College is located in Farmington, Connecticut and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 associates’s engineering tech degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Engineering Technologies at Tunxis Community College
With a ranking of #14, Housatonic Community College did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Tech Major in Connecticut for an Associate list. Housatonic Community College is a small public school situated in Bridgeport, Connecticut. It awarded 0 associates’s engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Housatonic Community College Engineering Technologies Report
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