2
Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
40
Associate Degrees
When it comes to popularity, an associate degree in
engineering-related technologies sits in the middle of the road, ranking #135 out of 328 majors in the country. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Engineering-Related Technologies Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 40 associate degrees in engineering-related technologies during the 2022-2023 academic year.
What's on this page: * Our Methodology
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 engineering-related technologies students vs. other majors.
- Major Demand - How many other engineering-related technologies 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 engineering-related technologies 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 engineering-related technologies related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for engineering-related technologies students working on their associate degree.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Engineering-Related Technologies Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.