2025 Best Automotive Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools

Automotive Engineering Technology is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #216 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.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 7 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for automotive engineering technology students pursuing a associate degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 304 associate degrees in automotive engineering technology during the <nil> academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Automotive Engineering Technology School for Your Associate Degree

Your choice of automotive engineering technology for getting your associate degree school matters. Important measures of a quality automotive engineering tech program can vary widely even among the top schools. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To take this into account we consider a school's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a host of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

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 automotive engineering technology students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of automotive 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.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized automotive engineering technology related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for automotive engineering technology students working on their associate degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Automotive Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Automotive Engineering Technology in the United States

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for automotive engineering technology students seeking a an associate degree.

Top Schools for an Associate in Automotive Engineering Tech

1

Metropolitan Community College - Kansas City
Kansas City, MO

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

25 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat Metropolitan Community College - Kansas City if you wish to pursue an associate degree in automotive engineering technology. MCC is a large public college located in the large city of Kansas City.More information about a associate in automotive engineering technology from Metropolitan Community College - Kansas City

2

Great Basin College
Elko, NV

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

15 Annual Graduates

Great Basin College is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting an associate degree in automotive engineering technology. Great Basin College is a small public college located in the remote town of Elko.More information about a associate in automotive engineering technology from Great Basin College

3

Owens Community College
Perrysburg, OH

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

18 Annual Graduates

Owens Community College is a wonderful choice for students pursuing an associate degree in automotive engineering technology. Located in the suburb of Perrysburg, Owens State Community College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a associate in automotive engineering technology from Owens Community College

4

Seminole State College of Florida
Sanford, FL

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

25 Annual Graduates

Seminole State College of Florida is a wonderful choice for students pursuing an associate degree in automotive engineering technology. Seminole State is a large public college located in the small city of Sanford.More information about a associate in automotive engineering technology from Seminole State College of Florida

5

Stark State College
North Canton, OH

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

16 Annual Graduates

Stark State College is a medium-sized public college located in the large suburb of North Canton.More information about a associate in automotive engineering technology from Stark State College

6

Cuyahoga Community College District
Cleveland, OH

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

11 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of Cleveland, Cuyahoga Community College District is a public college with a large student population.More information about a associate in automotive engineering technology from Cuyahoga Community College District

7

Brookdale Community College
Lincroft, NJ

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

30 Annual Graduates

Brookdale Community College is a medium-sized public college located in the large suburb of Lincroft.More information about a associate in automotive engineering technology from Brookdale Community College

Automotive Engineering Technology by Region

View the Best Automotive Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools for a specific region near you.

Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Other U.S. Territories
Great Lakes

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Rankings in Majors Related to Automotive Engineering Tech

Automotive Engineering Technology is one of 5 different types of Mechanical Engineering Technology programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Automotive Engineering Tech

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology	1,012
Aeronautical/Aerospace Engineering Technology	278
Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies, Other	46

Notes and References

• 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.