2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for General Engineering in Maryland
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Ranked Colleges
257
Degrees Awarded
$25,000
Avg Cost*
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Major in Maryland” ranking is part of that endeavor.
General Engineering is the 79th most popular major in the country with 11,796 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, general engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $68,873 and had an average of $20,557 in loans still to pay off.
Across Maryland, there were 787 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,124 and $24,717 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 257 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,870 and $17,588 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Maryland” ranking, we looked at 13 colleges that offer a degree in general engineering. That schools that top this list have a program in general engineering in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Maryland
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Maryland”.
Top 13 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for General Engineering in Maryland
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Montgomery College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Maryland. Montgomery College is a fairly large school located in Rockville, Maryland that handed out 115 associates’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Montgomery College General Engineering Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Harford Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Maryland. Located in Bel Air, Maryland, this small public school awarded 16 diplomas to qualified associates’s engineering students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General Engineering at Harford Community College
Out of the 13 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Maryland that were part of this year’s ranking, College of Southern Maryland landed the #3 spot on the list. CSM is a medium-sized public school situated in La Plata, Maryland. It awarded 29 associates’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General Engineering at CSM
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Baltimore City Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Maryland list. Baltimore City Community College is a public institution located in Baltimore, Maryland. The school has a small population, and it awarded 7 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about General Engineering at Baltimore City Community College
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Anne Arundel Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Maryland list. Arnold, Maryland is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s engineering degrees to 27 students in 2020-2021.
Read more about General Engineering at AACC
Howard Community College landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Maryland ranking. HCC is a medium-sized public school situated in Columbia, Maryland. It awarded 15 associates’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
Full HCC General Engineering Report
Prince George’s Community College landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Maryland ranking. Largo, Maryland is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s engineering degrees to 14 students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General Engineering at Prince George’s Community College
Cecil College ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Maryland list. Cecil College is located in North East, Maryland and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 associates’s engineering degrees to qualified students.
Read more about General Engineering at Cecil College
Community College of Baltimore County ranked #9 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Maryland list. Located in Baltimore, Maryland, this fairly large public school awarded 22 diplomas to qualified associates’s engineering students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General Engineering at Community College of Baltimore County
Carroll Community College came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Maryland ranking. Westminster, Maryland is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s engineering degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General Engineering at Carroll Community College
Hagerstown Community College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Maryland ranking, coming in at #11. Hagerstown, Maryland is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s engineering degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.
Full HCC General Engineering Report
Frederick Community College ranked #12 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Maryland list. Located in Frederick, Maryland, this medium-sized public school awarded 0 diplomas to qualified associates’s engineering students in 2020-2021.
Read more about General Engineering at Frederick Community College
With a ranking of #12, Washington Adventist University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Maryland list. Washington Adventist University is a small school located in Takoma Park, Maryland that handed out 0 associates’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Washington Adventist University General Engineering 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
- *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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