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2023 Most Popular Engineering Technologies Schools in the Southwest Region

28 Colleges
$48,978 Avg Salary
$20,173 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Engineering Technologies 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. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

The Most Popular Engineering Technologies Schools in the Southwest Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 28 schools in the Southwest Region to see which programs were the most popular 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 following schools top our list of the Most Popular Engineering Technologies Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named Texas A&M University - College Station the most popular school in the Southwest Region for engineering technologies students. Located in the midsize city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Arizona State University - Tempe. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Engineering Technologies Schools in the Southwest Region list. ASU - Tempe is a very large public school located in the city of Tempe.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Methodist University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Engineering Technologies Schools in the Southwest Region list. SMU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Dallas.

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#4

University of Houston

Houston, TX

Out of the 28 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Houston landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Houston, UH is a public school with a very large student population.

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Out of the 28 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Skysong landed the # 5 spot on the list. ASU - Skysong is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Scottsdale.

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University of Houston - Clear Lake did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for engineering technologies students. It came in at #6 on the list. UH Clear Lake is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Houston.

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Texas A&M University - Kingsville landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular engineering technologies programs. Located in the distant town of Kingsville, Texas A&M Kingsville is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

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The University of Texas at Tyler did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for engineering technologies students. It came in at #7 on the list. UT Tyler is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Tyler.

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#9

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

University of Arizona came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Engineering Technologies Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#9

Rice University

Houston, TX

Rice University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular engineering technologies programs. Rice is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Houston.

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Best Engineering Technologies Colleges by State

Explore the best engineering technologies colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 136
Texas 409
Oklahoma 50
New Mexico 6

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 25 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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