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Most Popular Schools for Automation Engineer Technology/Technician Degree Program & Major

A program that prepares individuals to apply basic engineering principles and technical skills in support of engineers and other professionals engaged in developing, installing, calibrating, modifying and maintaining automated systems. Includes instruction in computer systems; electronics and instrumentation; programmable logic controllers (PLCs); electric, hydraulic and pneumatic control systems; actuator and sensor systems; process control; robotics; applications to specific industrial tasks; and report preparation.


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Rank School Name Students % of Total Total On-Campus Cost
1 ECPI University 123 3% $16,819
2 Hennepin Technical College 67 4% $7,248
3 Vincennes University 56 2% $20,202
4 South Central College 40 6% $6,742
5 Minnesota West Community and Technical College 33 3% $18,292
6 Alexandria Technical & Community College 33 4% $6,616
7 Hawkeye Community College 31 3% $6,635
8 Central Lakes College-Brainerd 24 3% $6,493
9 Grand Rapids Community College 18 1% $4,743
10 College of Southern Idaho 18 2% $14,098
11 Blue Ridge Community and Technical College 17 2% $5,548
12 Clovis Community College 16 2% $2,626
13 Fox Valley Technical College 16 0% $6,525
14 St Clair County Community College 15 2% $16,097
15 Cleveland Community College 14 2% $3,552
16 Madison Area Technical College 13 0% $6,367
17 SUNY College of Technology at Delhi 13 1% $24,270
18 Kirkwood Community College 13 1% $7,332
19 Southwestern Michigan College 13 3% $18,756
20 West Virginia Northern Community College 12 3% $5,242
21 Sinclair Community College 12 0% $3,830
22 Piedmont Technical College 12 1% $6,421
23 Mitchell Technical Institute 11 2% $7,822
24 St Cloud Technical and Community College 11 1% $6,577
25 Waukesha County Technical College 11 1% $6,365
26 Institute of Technology 10 1% N/A
27 Mohawk Valley Community College 10 1% $19,477
28 Northland Community and Technical College 9 1% $6,549
29 College of Central Florida 8 0% $3,702
30 Pensacola State College 8 0% $3,804
31 Western Iowa Tech Community College 8 0% $14,325
32 Uintah Basin Technical College 8 1% N/A
33 Hillsborough Community College 7 0% $16,666
34 Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College 7 0% $6,689
35 Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College 7 2% $5,692
36 Salt Lake Community College 6 0% $4,743
37 Des Moines Area Community College 6 0% $14,992
38 North Florida Community College 5 1% $4,454
39 Wake Technical Community College 5 0% $4,268
40 Ridgewater College 5 1% $6,965
41 Johnson County Community College 5 0% $4,350
42 Ivy Tech Community College 5 0% $5,788
43 Manatee Technical College 5 1% N/A
44 Hutchinson Community College 5 1% $14,604
45 Northwest State Community College 4 1% $6,207
46 Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Newbern 3 1% N/A
47 Northwestern Michigan College 3 0% $18,903
48 Pasco-Hernando State College 3 0% $4,783
49 Moore Norman Technology Center 3 1% N/A
50 Cuyahoga Community College District 2 0% $5,136
51 Gateway Technical College 2 0% $6,414
52 Millersville University of Pennsylvania 2 0% $30,538
53 Surry Community College 1 0% $4,240
54 Estrella Mountain Community College 1 0% $3,494
55 Gulf Coast State College 1 0% $3,405
56 Ridge Technical College 1 1% $5,394
57 Miami Lakes Educational Center and Technical College 1 1% $2,193
58 Central Arizona College 1 0% $14,680
59 Florida Gateway College 1 0% $11,767

This list indicates the number of students that completed the Automation Engineer Technology/Technician program at the schools above.
It is not necessarily an indicator of academic rigor or quality of education.
Note that some schools do not have enough data to be ranked, and these schools will not appear in our lists.