Civil Engineering Technology is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #108 most popular associate degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Civil Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in Ohio ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 60 associate degrees in civil engineering technology during the 2022-2023 academic year.
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Early-Career Earnings
Average early-career salary of those graduating with their associate degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. That is, everyone wants their associate 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 civil engineering technology students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - The number of civil engineering technology students who choose to seek a associate 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 civil engineering technology to pay back their student loans after receiving their associate degree.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized civil engineering technology related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for civil engineering technology students working on their associate degree.
More Ways to Rank Civil Engineering Technology Schools
The civil 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 Civil Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in Ohio.
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Cincinnati State Technical and Community College is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting an associate degree in civil engineering technology. Cincinnati State is a medium-sized public college located in the city of Cincinnati.
Students who graduate with their associate from the civil engineering tech program report average early career income of $50,612.
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).
