If you plan on majoring in aircraft powerplant technology/technician, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #531 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in the Southwest Region to determine which ones were the best for aircraft powerplant technology/technician students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 490 degrees in aircraft powerplant technology/technician annually.
Choosing a Great Aircraft Powerplant Technology/Technician School
The aircraft powerplant technology/technician program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Aircraft Powerplant Technology/Technician rankings. For our Best Overall Aircraft Powerplant Technology/Technician School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Pick Your Aircraft Powerplant Technology/Technician Degree Level
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Aircraft Powerplant Technology/Technician Schools in the Southwest Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for Aircraft Powerplant Technology/Technician in the Southwest Region
The schools below may not offer all types of aircraft powerplant technology/technician degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Top Southwest Region Schools in Aircraft Powerplant Technology/Technician
It's difficult to beat Texas State Technical College if you want to pursue a degree in aircraft powerplant technology/technician. TSTC is a fairly large public college located in the city of Waco. A Best Colleges rank of #156 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means TSTC is a great college overall.
There were about 58 aircraft powerplant technology/technician students who graduated with this degree at TSTC in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student pursuing a degree in aircraft powerplant technology/technician needs to check out Tarrant County College District. Located in the large city of Fort Worth, Tarrant County College is a public college with a very large student population. This college ranks 10th out of 115 colleges for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were roughly 111 aircraft powerplant technology/technician students who graduated with this degree at Tarrant County College in the most recent year we have data available.
It is difficult to beat Del Mar College if you wish to pursue a degree in aircraft powerplant technology/technician. Located in the city of Corpus Christi, DMC is a public college with a medium-sized student population. This college ranks 29th out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were roughly 7 aircraft powerplant technology/technician students who graduated with this degree at DMC in the most recent year we have data available.
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).