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2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Major

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Major

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Major” ranking is part of that endeavor.

With 192,474 degrees handed out in 2021-2022, engineering is the 7th most popular major in the United States. In , engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $68,641 and had an average of $23,252 in loans still to pay off.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 5,981 engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,431 and $15,731 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Major” ranking, we looked at 503 colleges that offer a degree in engineering. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their engineering program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Major

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Major”.

Top 25 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Engineering

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of New Mexico - Los Alamos Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Major. This small school is located in Los Alamos, New Mexico, and it awarded 5 associates’s engineering degrees in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full UNM Los Alamos Engineering Report

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Out of the 503 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, this small public school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified associates’s engineering students in 2021-2022.

Read more about Engineering at Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute

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Out of the 503 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology landed the #4 spot on the list. Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology is a small public school situated in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. It awarded 38 associates’s engineering degrees in 2021-2022.

Full Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology Engineering Report

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United Tribes Technical College
Bismarck, North Dakota

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend United Tribes Technical College. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Major. United Tribes Technical College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Bismarck, North Dakota. It awarded 2 associates’s engineering degrees in 2021-2022.

Read full report on Engineering at United Tribes Technical College

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American Samoa Community College
Pago Pago, American Samoa

American Samoa Community College ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Major list. ASCC is located in Pago Pago, American Samoa and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 7 associates’s engineering degrees to qualified students.

Read more about Engineering at American Samoa Community College

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Union County College
Cranford, New Jersey

Union County College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Major ranking, coming in at #7. This medium-sized school is located in Cranford, New Jersey, and it awarded 56 associates’s engineering degrees in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Union County College Engineering Report

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Potomac State College of West Virginia University ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Major list. WVU Potomac State College is a public institution located in Keyser, West Virginia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 7 associates’s degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Engineering at WVU Potomac State College

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Southwest Collegiate Institute for the Deaf came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Major ranking. Located in Big Spring, Texas, this small public school handed out 1 degrees to qualified associates’s engineering students in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read full report on Engineering at SWCID

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Blackfeet Community College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Major ranking, coming in at #10. This small school is located in Browning, Montana, and it awarded 4 associates’s engineering degrees in 2021-2022.

The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Full BCC Engineering Report

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Greenfield Community College
Greenfield, Massachusetts

Greenfield Community College ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Major list. Greenfield Community College is a small public school situated in Greenfield, Massachusetts. It awarded 9 associates’s engineering degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Engineering at Greenfield Community College

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Zane State College
Zanesville, Ohio

Zane State College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Major ranking, coming in at #12. Zane State College is a public institution located in Zanesville, Ohio. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 associates’s degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Zane State College Engineering Report

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Hudson County Community College
Jersey City, New Jersey

With a ranking of #13, Hudson County Community College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Major list. HCCC is a public institution located in Jersey City, New Jersey. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 32 associates’s degrees in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full Hudson County Community College Engineering Report

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With a ranking of #14, Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Major list. Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute is a public institution located in Wooster, Ohio. The school has a small population, and it awarded 6 associates’s degrees in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Engineering at Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute

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Quinsigamond Community College
Worcester, Massachusetts

With a ranking of #15, Quinsigamond Community College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Major list. Worcester, Massachusetts is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s engineering degrees to 29 students in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full Quinsigamond Community College Engineering Report

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Montgomery College
Rockville, Maryland

Montgomery College ranked #16 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Major list. Montgomery College is a public institution located in Rockville, Maryland. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 92 associates’s degrees in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Engineering at Montgomery College

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LaGuardia Community College
Long Island City, New York

LaGuardia Community College landed the #17 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Major ranking. LaGuardia Community College is a public institution located in Long Island City, New York. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 70 associates’s degrees in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about Engineering at LaGuardia

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Three Rivers Community College
Norwich, Connecticut

Three Rivers Community College ranked #18 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Major list. Located in Norwich, Connecticut, this small public school handed out 8 diplomas to qualified associates’s engineering students in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Three Rivers Community College Engineering Report

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Snow College
Ephraim, Utah

Snow College came in at #19 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Major ranking. Snow College is a medium-sized school located in Ephraim, Utah that handed out 50 associates’s engineering degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Engineering at Snow College

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Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Major ranking, coming in at #20. Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is a medium-sized public school situated in Perkinston, Mississippi. It awarded 107 associates’s engineering degrees in 2021-2022.

Full Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Engineering Report

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Berkshire Community College
Pittsfield, Massachusetts

Berkshire Community College came in at #21 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Major ranking. Berkshire Community College is a small public school situated in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. It awarded 6 associates’s engineering degrees in 2021-2022.

The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read full report on Engineering at BCC

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Copiah-Lincoln Community College came in at #22 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Major ranking. This small school is located in Wesson, Mississippi, and it awarded 23 associates’s engineering degrees in 2021-2022.

Read more about Engineering at Copiah-Lincoln Community College

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Raritan Valley Community College
Branchburg, New Jersey

Raritan Valley Community College landed the #23 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Major ranking. Located in Branchburg, New Jersey, this medium-sized public school awarded 26 degrees to qualified associates’s engineering students in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Engineering at RVCC

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Indiana Institute of Technology - College of Professional Studies ranked #24 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Major list. This small school is located in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and it awarded 12 associates’s engineering degrees in 2021-2022.

Read full report on Engineering at Indiana Tech - CPS

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Schoolcraft College
Livonia, Michigan

With a ranking of #25, Schoolcraft College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Major list. Schoolcraft College is a medium-sized public school situated in Livonia, Michigan. It awarded 25 associates’s engineering degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Engineering at Schoolcraft College

Rest of the Best 50 in Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Major

Not only did these schools make the top 50 list, but they also landed in the top 15% of this year’s ranking:

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Nash Community College
Rocky Mount, NC
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Henry Ford College
Dearborn, MI
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Rest of the Top 15% Colleges in Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Engineering Major

While not in the ’top 50’, these schools make the top 15% of this year’s ranking:

RankCollegeLocation
51Holyoke Community CollegeHolyoke, MA
52El Paso Community CollegeEl Paso, TX
53Orange County Community CollegeMiddletown, NY
54East Central CollegeUnion, MO
55Northeastern Oklahoma A&M CollegeMiami, OK
56Itawamba Community CollegeFulton, MS
57Hostos Community CollegeBronx, NY
58Virginia Western Community CollegeRoanoke, VA
59Clovis Community CollegeFresno, CA
60Montgomery County Community CollegeBlue Bell, PA
61Roxbury Community CollegeRoxbury Crossing, MA
62Cecil CollegeNorth East, MD
63Rock Valley CollegeRockford, IL
64Dodge City Community CollegeDodge City, KS
65Anne Arundel Community CollegeArnold, MD
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66Mercer County Community CollegeWest Windsor, NJ
67Delaware County Community CollegeMedia, PA
68Salem Community CollegeCarneys Point, NJ
69Middlesex Community CollegeMiddletown, CT
70Mohawk Valley Community CollegeUtica, NY
71San Diego Miramar CollegeSan Diego, CA
72Holmes Community CollegeGoodman, MS
73Dutchess Community CollegePoughkeepsie, NY
74Clackamas Community CollegeOregon City, OR
75Rasmussen University - North DakotaFargo, ND
76Harford Community CollegeBel Air, MD

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