Ranked #55 in popularity, electrical, electronic & communications engineering technology is one of the most sought-after associate degree programs in the nation. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.
College Factual looked at 46 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Electrical, Electronic & Communications Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 2,365 associate degrees in electrical, electronic & communications engineering technology during the <nil> academic year.
Choosing a Great Electrical, Electronic & Communications Engineering Technology School for Your Associate Degree
Your choice of electrical, electronic & communications engineering technology for getting your associate degree school matters. 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 include a school's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a combination of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.
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 electrical, electronic & communications engineering technology students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - How many other electrical, electronic & communications 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.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized electrical, electronic & communications engineering technology related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for electrical, electronic & communications engineering technology students working on their associate degree.
More Ways to Rank Electrical, Electronic & Communications Engineering Technology Schools
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Electrical, Electronic & Communications Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Electrical, Electronic & Communications Engineering Technology in the United States
Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in electrical, electronic & communications engineering technology.
10 Top Schools for an Associate in Electrical Technology
These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Electrical, Electronic & Communications Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools award.
Rankings in Majors Related to Electrical Technology
Electrical, Electronic & Communications Engineering Technology is one of 5 different types of Electronics Engineering Technology programs to choose from.
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.