2025 Best Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in California

If you plan on getting your associate degree in engineering technologies, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #8 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in California ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 1,243 associate degrees in engineering technologies to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Early-Career Earnings

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their associate degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. That is, everyone wants their associate degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

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 technologies students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other engineering 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 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 technologies related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for engineering technologies students working on their associate degree.

More Ways to Rank Engineering Technologies Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in California list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Engineering Technologies in California

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in engineering technologies.

Top California Schools for an Associate in Engineering Tech

1

California Institute of Arts & Technology
San Diego, CA

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

54 Annual Graduates

California Institute of Arts & Technology is one of the best schools in the country for getting an associate degree in engineering technologies. California Institute of Arts & Technology is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the city of San Diego.More information about a associate in engineering technologies from California Institute of Arts & Technology

2

California Institute of Arts & Technology-National City
National City, CA

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

22 Annual Graduates

California Institute of Arts & Technology-National City is a wonderful option for individuals pursuing an associate degree in engineering technologies. is a small private for-profit school located in the suburb of National City.More information about a associate in engineering technologies from California Institute of Arts & Technology-National City

Best Engineering Technologies Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Engineering Technologies Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Oregon	35	229
Nevada	35	126
Washington	33	691
Hawaii	24	53
Alaska	22	62

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Engineering Tech Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
Environmental Control Technology	335
Drafting & Design Engineering Technology	230
General Engineering Technology	223
Electromechanical Engineering Technology	214
Computer Engineering Technology	77
Industrial Production Technology	60
Engineering Technology (Other)	28
Engineering-Related Technologies	27
Energy Systems Technologies	19
Quality Control Technology	14

Majors Similar to Engineering Tech

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Biological & Biomedical Sciences	4,565
Mathematics & Statistics	3,210
Physical Sciences	2,259
Agriculture & Agriculture Operations	1,741
Engineering	747
Architecture & Related Services	270
Natural Resources & Conservation	260
Military Technologies & Applied Sciences	4
Science Technologies / Technicians	4

Notes and References

• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to KUKA Systems GmbH. More about our data sources and methodologies.