2025 Best Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

If you plan on getting your associate degree in engineering technologies, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #8 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.

College Factual looked at 55 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 6,238 associate degrees in engineering technologies to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Engineering Technologies School for Your Associate Degree

Your choice of engineering technologies for getting your associate degree school matters. Important measures of a quality 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 include a college's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a collection of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

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 engineering technologies students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other engineering technologies students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
• 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 much debt engineering technologies students go into to obtain their associate 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 engineering technologies related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for engineering technologies students working on their associate degree.

More Ways to Rank Engineering Technologies Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Engineering Technologies in the Southeast Region

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in engineering technologies. Only those schools that rank in the top 20% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.

11 Top Southeast Region Schools for an Associate in Engineering Tech

1

SOWELA Technical Community College
Lake Charles, LA

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

184 Annual Graduates

SOWELA Technical Community College is a wonderful choice for students interested in an associate degree in engineering technologies. Located in the city of Lake Charles, SOWELA is a public college with a small student population.More information about a associate in engineering technologies from SOWELA Technical Community College

2

Columbia Southern University
Orange Beach, AL

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

307 Annual Graduates

Columbia Southern University is a good decision for students pursuing an associate degree in engineering technologies. Columbia Southern University is a large private for-profit university located in the fringe town of Orange Beach.More information about a associate in engineering technologies from Columbia Southern University

3

ECPI University
Virginia Beach, VA

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

116 Annual Graduates

ECPI University is one of the best schools in the country for getting an associate degree in engineering technologies. Located in the large city of Virginia Beach, ECPI University is a private for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a associate in engineering technologies from ECPI University

4

Valencia College
Orlando, FL

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

58 Annual Graduates

Valencia College is one of the best schools in the country for getting an associate degree in engineering technologies. Valencia College is a very large public college located in the large city of Orlando.More information about a associate in engineering technologies from Valencia College

5

Pierpont Community and Technical College
Fairmont, WV

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

26 Annual Graduates

Located in the distant town of Fairmont, Pierpont Community and Technical College is a public college with a small student population.More information about a associate in engineering technologies from Pierpont Community and Technical College

6

Baton Rouge Community College
Baton Rouge, LA

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

36 Annual Graduates

BRCC is a fairly large public college located in the midsize city of Baton Rouge.More information about a associate in engineering technologies from Baton Rouge Community College

7

Miami Dade College
Miami, FL

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

33 Annual Graduates

MDC is a fairly large public college located in the city of Miami.More information about a associate in engineering technologies from Miami Dade College

8

Greenville Technical College
Greenville, SC

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

126 Annual Graduates

Located in the small city of Greenville, GTC is a public college with a large student population.More information about a associate in engineering technologies from Greenville Technical College

9

River Parishes Community College
Gonzales, LA

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

168 Annual Graduates

River Parishes Community College is a small public college located in the rural area of Gonzales.More information about a associate in engineering technologies from River Parishes Community College

10

Orangeburg Calhoun Technical College
Orangeburg, SC

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

34 Annual Graduates

OCtech is a small public college located in the town of Orangeburg.More information about a associate in engineering technologies from Orangeburg Calhoun Technical College

11

Coastal Alabama Community College
Bay Minette, AL

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

64 Annual Graduates

Located in the town of Bay Minette, Coastal Alabama Community College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.More information about a associate in engineering technologies from Coastal Alabama Community College

Honorable Mentions

Here are some additional great schools for Engineering Technologies students in the Southeast Region that almost earned our Best Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region award.

Rank	College	Location
12	Seminole State College of Florida	Sanford, FL
13	Indian River State College	Fort Pierce, FL
14	Chattanooga State Community College	Chattanooga, TN
15	Midlands Technical College	West Columbia, SC
16	Jefferson Community and Technical College	Louisville, KY
17	Spartanburg Community College	Spartanburg, SC
18	Jefferson State Community College	Birmingham, AL

Best Engineering Technologies Colleges by State

Explore the best engineering technologies colleges for a specific state in the Southeast Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Mississippi	37	521
Georgia	34	291
Virginia	34	472
Arkansas	33	245
Florida	32	604
North Carolina	30	925
Kentucky	30	258
Tennessee	30	535
West Virginia	29	184
Louisiana	26	905
South Carolina	26	599
Alabama	24	936

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Engineering Tech Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
Electromechanical Engineering Technology	1,272
Industrial Production Technology	1,242
Electronics Engineering Technology	739
General Engineering Technology	568
Drafting & Design Engineering Technology	479
Mechanical Engineering Technology	408
Computer Engineering Technology	341
Quality Control Technology	319
Construction Engineering Technology	211
Civil Engineering Technology	171

Majors Similar to Engineering Tech

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Agriculture & Agriculture Operations	1,516
Engineering	1,206
Science Technologies / Technicians	1,205
Biological & Biomedical Sciences	463
Natural Resources & Conservation	236
Physical Sciences	195
Architecture & Related Services	114
Mathematics & Statistics	40
Military Technologies & Applied Sciences	19

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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to KUKA Systems GmbH. More about our data sources and methodologies.