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2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Engineering

503 Ranked Colleges
6,326 Degrees Awarded
$44,454 Avg Salary
Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Major

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Major” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2020-2021, 198,468 engineering students received their degree, making the major the 7th most popular in the country. In 2019-2020, engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $68,653 and had an average of $23,855 in loans still to pay off.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 6,326 engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,806 and $19,336 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Major” ranking looked at 503 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in engineering. That schools that top this list have a program in 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

The colleges and universities below are the best for associate degree engineering students.

Top 25 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Engineering

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of New Mexico - Los Alamos Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Major. This small school is located in Los Alamos, New Mexico, and it awarded 7 associates’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Engineering at UNM Los Alamos

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Itasca Community College
Grand Rapids, Minnesota

Out of the 503 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Itasca Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, this small public school handed out 28 degrees to qualified associates’s engineering students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Engineering at Itasca Community College

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Out of the 503 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute landed the #3 spot on the list. Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 associates’s engineering degrees to qualified students.

Read full report on Engineering at Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Major. Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology is located in Lancaster, Pennsylvania and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 39 associates’s engineering degrees to qualified students.

Full Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology Engineering Report

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United Tribes Technical College
Bismarck, North Dakota

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend United Tribes Technical College. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Major. United Tribes Technical College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Bismarck, North Dakota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 5 associates’s degrees 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.

Full United Tribes Technical College Engineering Report

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American Samoa Community College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Major ranking, coming in at #6. This small school is located in PagoPago, , and it awarded 9 associates’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

Full ASCC Engineering Report

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Union County College
Cranford, New Jersey

Union County College landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Major ranking. Union County College is a medium-sized public school situated in Cranford, New Jersey. It awarded 75 associates’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Engineering at Union County College

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With a ranking of #8, Potomac State College of West Virginia University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Major list. Located in Keyser, West Virginia, this small public school awarded 12 diplomas to qualified associates’s engineering students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Engineering at WVU Potomac State College

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Southwest Collegiate Institute for the Deaf landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Major ranking. This small school is located in Big Spring, Texas, and it awarded 1 associates’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Full SWCID Engineering Report

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Blackfeet Community College
Browning, Montana

Blackfeet Community College came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Major ranking. Blackfeet Community College is a small school located in Browning, Montana that handed out 3 associates’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Engineering at Blackfeet Community College

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Greenfield Community College
Greenfield, Massachusetts

Greenfield Community College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Major ranking, coming in at #10. Greenfield Community College is located in Greenfield, Massachusetts and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 12 associates’s engineering degrees to qualified students.

Read full report on Engineering at Greenfield Community College

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Zane State College
Zanesville, Ohio

Zane State College ranked #12 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Major list. This small school is located in Zanesville, Ohio, and it awarded 15 associates’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Zane State College Engineering Report

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Hudson County Community College
Jersey City, New Jersey

Hudson County Community College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Major ranking, coming in at #13. Hudson County Community College is located in Jersey City, New Jersey and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 41 associates’s engineering degrees to qualified students.

Read full report on Engineering at Hudson County Community College

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With a ranking of #14, Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Major list. Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute is located in Wooster, Ohio and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 associates’s engineering degrees to qualified students.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.6% 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%.

Full Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute Engineering Report

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Quinsigamond Community College
Worcester, Massachusetts

Quinsigamond Community College came in at #15 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Major ranking. Worcester, Massachusetts is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s engineering degrees to 49 students in 2020-2021.

Full Quinsigamond Community College Engineering Report

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Montgomery College
Rockville, Maryland

Montgomery College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Major ranking, coming in at #16. Located in Rockville, Maryland, this fairly large public school handed out 115 degrees to qualified associates’s engineering students in 2020-2021.

Full Montgomery College Engineering Report

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LaGuardia Community College
Long Island City, New York

LaGuardia Community College landed the #17 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Major ranking. LaGuardia is a fairly large public school situated in Long Island City, New York. It awarded 112 associates’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Engineering at LaGuardia Community College

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Three Rivers Community College
Norwich, Connecticut

Three Rivers Community College landed the #18 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Major ranking. Three Rivers Community College is a public institution located in Norwich, Connecticut. The school has a small population, and it awarded 16 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Three Rivers Community College Engineering Report

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Snow College
Ephraim, Utah

Snow College came in at #19 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Major ranking. Snow College is a public institution located in Ephraim, Utah. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 49 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Snow College Engineering Report

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Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College landed the #20 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Major ranking. Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is a medium-sized public school situated in Perkinston, Mississippi. It awarded 122 associates’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Engineering at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College

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Berkshire Community College
Pittsfield, Massachusetts

Berkshire Community College came in at #21 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Major ranking. Located in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, this small public school awarded 9 degrees to qualified associates’s engineering students in 2020-2021.

The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Full Berkshire Community College Engineering Report

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Copiah-Lincoln Community College landed the #22 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Major ranking. Located in Wesson, Mississippi, this small public school handed out 23 degrees to qualified associates’s engineering students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Engineering at Copiah-Lincoln Community College

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Raritan Valley Community College
Branchburg, New Jersey

Raritan Valley Community College landed the #23 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Major ranking. Raritan Valley Community College is located in Branchburg, New Jersey and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 39 associates’s engineering degrees to qualified students.

Read more about Engineering at Raritan Valley Community College

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Indiana Institute of Technology - College of Professional Studies came in at #24 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Major ranking. Indiana Tech - CPS is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Fort-Wayne, Indiana. It awarded 18 associates’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Indiana Institute of Technology - College of Professional Studies Engineering Report

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Schoolcraft College
Livonia, Michigan

Schoolcraft College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Major ranking, coming in at #25. Livonia, Michigan is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s engineering degrees to 40 students in 2020-2021.

Full Schoolcraft College Engineering Report

Rest of the Best 50 in Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Major

Not only did these schools make the top 50 list, but they also landed in the top 15% of this year’s ranking:

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Manchester Community College
Manchester, Connecticut
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Nash Community College
Rocky Mount, North Carolina
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Essex County College
Newark, New Jersey
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Henry Ford College
Dearborn, Michigan
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Normandale Community College
Bloomington, Minnesota
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Bunker Hill Community College
Boston, Massachusetts
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Bristol Community College
Fall River, Massachusetts
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Northwest College
Powell, Wyoming
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Tidewater Community College
Norfolk, Virginia
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Bay de Noc Community College
Escanaba, Michigan
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Middlesex County College
Edison, New Jersey
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Southern Technical College
Orlando, Florida
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College of Southern Maryland
La Plata, Maryland
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Tulsa Community College
Tulsa, Oklahoma
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Springfield Technical Community College
Springfield, Massachusetts
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Norwalk Community College
Norwalk, Connecticut
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Great Bay Community College
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
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Monroe Community College
Rochester, New York
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Blue Ridge Community College
Flat Rock, North Carolina

Rest of the Top 15% Colleges in Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Major

While not in the ‘top 50’, these schools make the top 15% of this year’s ranking:

Rank College Location
51 Holyoke Community College Holyoke, MA
52 El Paso Community College El Paso, TX
53 Orange County Community College Middletown, NY
54 East Central College Union, MO
55 Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College Miami, OK
56 Itawamba Community College Fulton, MS
57 Hostos Community College Bronx, NY
58 Virginia Western Community College Roanoke, VA
59 Clovis Community College Fresno, CA
60 Montgomery County Community College Blue Bell, PA
61 Roxbury Community College Roxbury Crossing, MA
62 Cecil College North East, MD
63 Rock Valley College Rockford, IL
64 Dodge City Community College Dodge City, KS
65 Anne Arundel Community College Arnold, MD
Rank College Location
66 Mercer County Community College West Windsor, NJ
67 Delaware County Community College Media, PA
68 Salem Community College Carneys Point, NJ
69 Middlesex Community College Middletown, CT
70 Mohawk Valley Community College Utica, NY
71 San Diego Miramar College San Diego, CA
72 Holmes Community College Goodman, MS
73 Dutchess Community College Poughkeepsie, NY
74 Clackamas Community College Oregon City, OR
75 Rasmussen University - North Dakota Fargo, ND
76 Harford Community College Bel Air, MD

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