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2023 Most Popular Engineering Technologies Graduate Certificate Schools

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Finding the Best Engineering Technologies Graduate Certificate School for You

Engineering Technologies is the #20 most popular major in the country with 7,672 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Engineering Technologies Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. This report analyzed 95 schools in the United States to see which ones were the most popular graduate certificate programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Engineering Technologies program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for engineering tech majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

#1

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, AR

Our 2023 rankings named University of Arkansas the most popular school in the United States for engineering technologies students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the small city of Fayetteville, UARK is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 219 students majoring in engineering tech at UARK, 70% are male and 30% are female.

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Out of the 95 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Missouri University of Science and Technology landed the # 2 spot on the list. Missouri University of Science and Technology is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Rolla.

Of the 112 students majoring in engineering tech at Missouri University of Science and Technology, 92% are male and 8% are female.

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#3

Eastern Illinois University

Charleston, IL

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Eastern Illinois University is a great place for engineering technologies students working on their graduate certificate. EIU is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Charleston.

About 40% of the students majoring in engineering tech at the school are women while 60% are male.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Ohio University - Athens Campus is a great place for engineering technologies students working on their graduate certificate. OHIO Athens is a fairly large public school located in the town of Athens.

Of the 59 students majoring in engineering tech at OHIO Athens, 71% are male and 29% are female.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Missouri State University - Springfield is a great place for engineering technologies students working on their graduate certificate. Missouri State is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Springfield.

Women make up 48% of the engineering tech majors at the school.

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Washington State University ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Engineering Technologies Graduate Certificate Schools list. Wazzu is a very large public school located in the distant town of Pullman.

Of the 28 students majoring in engineering tech at Wazzu, 54% are male and 46% are female.

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California State University - Northridge came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Engineering Technologies Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. Located in the city of Northridge, CSUN is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 20% of the engineering tech majors at the school.

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University of Central Missouri came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Engineering Technologies Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. Located in the distant town of Warrensburg, UCM is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 24 students majoring in engineering tech at UCM, 83% are male and 17% are female.

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University of Massachusetts - Lowell came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Engineering Technologies Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. UMass Lowell is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Lowell.

About 9% of the students majoring in engineering tech at the school are women while 91% are male.

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#10

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

With a ranking of #10, University of Pennsylvania did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for engineering technologies students working on their graduate certificate. UPenn is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Philadelphia.

Of the 19 students majoring in engineering tech at UPenn, 26% are male and 74% are female.

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#11

Columbia Southern University

Orange Beach, AL

Columbia Southern University landed the #11 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate engineering technologies programs. Located in the town of Orange Beach, Columbia Southern University is a private for-profit college with a large student population.

About 22% of the students majoring in engineering tech at the school are women while 78% are male.

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Stevens Institute of Technology landed the #11 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate engineering technologies programs. Located in the large suburb of Hoboken, Stevens is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

About 33% of the students majoring in engineering tech at the school are women while 67% are male.

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Texas A&M University - Kingsville landed the #13 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate engineering technologies programs. Located in the distant town of Kingsville, Texas A&M Kingsville is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

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Bowling Green State University - Main Campus ranked #14 on this year’s Most Popular Engineering Technologies Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the town of Bowling Green, BGSU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 31% of the engineering tech majors at the school.

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University of Massachusetts Amherst did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for engineering technologies students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #14 on the list. UMass Amherst is a very large public school located in the suburb of Amherst.

Of the 13 students majoring in engineering tech at UMass Amherst, 77% are male and 23% are female.

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Honorable Mentions

Here are some additional popular schools for Engineering Technologies students that almost earned our Most Popular Engineering Technologies Graduate Certificate Schools award.

Rank College Location
16 Illinois State University Normal, IL
17 Michigan Technological University Houghton, MI
17 Portland State University Portland, OR
19 Citadel Military College of South Carolina Charleston, SC
19 Western New England University Springfield, MA
19 Purdue University Northwest Hammond, IN

Engineering Technologies by Region

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Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

Engineering Tech Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Engineering-Related Fields 4,838
Quality Control Technology 736
Industrial Production Technology 440
Engineering Technology (Other) 288
Construction Engineering Technology 264
General Engineering Technology 255
Computer Engineering Technology 179
Drafting & Design Engineering Technology 145
Mechanical Engineering Technology 104
Nanotechnology 98
Energy Systems Technologies 95
Environmental Control Technology 89
Electromechanical Engineering Technology 43
Architectural Engineering Technology 39
Electronics Engineering Technology 39
Engineering-Related Technologies 15

Related Major Annual Graduates
Engineering 61,791
Computer & Information Sciences 60,971
Biological & Biomedical Sciences 28,851
Mathematics & Statistics 15,127
Physical Sciences 12,705

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 26 schools only.

  • 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.

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