2025 Best Engineering Technologies Bachelor's Degree Schools in West Virginia

You'll be studying one of the lesser sought-after majors if you pursue a Bachelor's Degree in engineering technologies. It is ranked #24 out of 38 major degree programs in terms of popularity. This may make is a little harder to find a school that is a good fit for you.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in West Virginia to determine which ones were the best for engineering technologies students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 197 bachelor's degrees in engineering technologies during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor's 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 - The number of engineering technologies students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• 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 easy is it for engineering technologies to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized engineering technologies related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for engineering technologies students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Engineering Technologies Schools

The 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 Engineering Technologies Bachelor's Degree Schools in West Virginia.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Engineering Technologies in West Virginia

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in engineering technologies.

Top West Virginia Schools for a Bachelor's in Engineering Tech

1

American Public University System
Charles Town, WV

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

104 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in engineering technologies has to look into American Public University System. American Military University is a very large private for-profit university located in the town of Charles Town.More information about a bachelor’s in engineering technologies from American Public University System

2

Fairmont State University
Fairmont, WV

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

52 Annual Graduates

Fairmont State University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in engineering technologies. Fairmont State is a small public university located in the town of Fairmont.More information about a bachelor’s in engineering technologies from Fairmont State University

Best Engineering Technologies Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
North Carolina	34	892
Mississippi	34	275
Florida	34	577
Virginia	34	458
Alabama	33	811
Georgia	33	316
Tennessee	32	357
South Carolina	32	164
Kentucky	31	447
Louisiana	31	349
Arkansas	30	102

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Engineering Tech Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering Technology	132
Quality Control Technology	28
Civil Engineering Technology	16
Engineering-Related Fields	11
Electronics Engineering Technology	7
General Engineering Technology	3

Majors Similar to Engineering Tech

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Engineering	714
Biological & Biomedical Sciences	669
Military Technologies & Applied Sciences	531
Natural Resources & Conservation	469
Agriculture & Agriculture Operations	175
Physical Sciences	131
Mathematics & Statistics	77
Architecture & Related Services	13

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.