If you plan on getting your associate degree in computer engineering technology, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #82 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Computer Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 259 associate degrees in computer engineering technology to qualified students.
Choosing a Great Computer Engineering Technology School for Your Associate Degree
The computer engineering tech associate degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:
Overall Quality Is a Must
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To take this into account we consider a school's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a host of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.
Average Early-Career Salaries
To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their associate degree from the school. After all, your associate degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on computer engineering technology students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - How many other computer engineering technology students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
Student Debt - How much debt computer engineering technology students go into to obtain their associate degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized computer engineering technology related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for computer engineering technology students working on their associate degree.
More Ways to Rank Computer Engineering Technology Schools
The computer 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 the Best Computer Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region.
Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Computer Engineering Technology in the Middle Atlantic Region
Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in computer engineering technology.
Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools for an Associate in Computer Engineering Tech
Pittsburgh Technical College is one of the best schools in the country for getting an associate degree in computer engineering technology. Pittsburgh Technical College is a fairly small private not-for-profit college located in the large suburb of Oakdale.
Those computer engineering technology students who get their associate degree from Pittsburgh Technical College receive $3,798 more than the average computer engineering tech grad.
Excelsior University is a good option for students interested in an associate degree in computer engineering technology. Excelsior University is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of Albany.
Associate recipients from the computer engineering technology major at Excelsior University make $16,207 above the typical graduate in this field when they enter the workforce.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
The computer engineering tech associate degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:
