If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in general engineering technology, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #143 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Ohio to determine which ones were the best for general engineering technology students pursuing a bachelor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 77 bachelor's degrees in general engineering technology to qualified students.
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Early-Career Earnings
One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on general engineering technology students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - How many other general engineering technology students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Student Debt - How much debt general engineering technology students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized general engineering technology related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for general engineering technology students working on their bachelor's degree.
More Ways to Rank General Engineering Technology Schools
The 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 General Engineering Technology Bachelor's Degree Schools in Ohio.
In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat.
Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.
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Miami University - Hamilton is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in general engineering technology. Located in the large suburb of Hamilton, Miami University - Hamilton is a public university with a small student population.
Those general engineering technology students who get their bachelor's degree from Miami University - Hamilton receive $9,602 more than the typical engineering tech student.
Kent State University at Tuscarawas is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in general engineering technology. Located in the distant town of New Philadelphia, Kent State University at Tuscarawas is a public university with a small student population.
Bachelor's students who receive their degree from the engineering tech program earn around $45,477 in their early career salary.
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).
