College Factual looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Electrical, Electronic & Communications Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 221 associate degrees in electrical, electronic & communications engineering technology during the 2022-2023 academic year.
Choosing a Great Electrical, Electronic & Communications Engineering Technology School for Your Associate Degree
The electrical technology associate degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality electrical technology program can vary widely even among the top schools. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:
Quality Overall Is Important
The overall quality of a associate degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to electrical, electronic & communications engineering technology students as compared to other majors.
Major Demand - The number of electrical, electronic & communications engineering technology students who choose to seek a associate degree at the school.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
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.
The electrical technology 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 Electrical, Electronic & Communications Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region.
Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Electrical, Electronic & Communications Engineering Technology in the Southwest Region
The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in electrical, electronic & communications engineering technology.
Top Southwest Region Schools for an Associate in Electrical Technology
Electrical, Electronic & Communications Engineering Technology Related Rankings by Major
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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.