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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 Fox Valley Technical College 16 0% $6,525
13 Clovis Community College 16 2% $2,626
14 St Clair County Community College 15 2% $16,097
15 Cleveland Community College 14 2% $3,552
16 Southwestern Michigan College 13 3% $18,756
17 Kirkwood Community College 13 1% $7,332
18 Madison Area Technical College 13 0% $6,367
19 SUNY College of Technology at Delhi 13 1% $24,270
20 West Virginia Northern Community College 12 3% $5,242
21 Piedmont Technical College 12 1% $6,421
22 Sinclair Community College 12 0% $3,830
23 St Cloud Technical and Community College 11 1% $6,577
24 Mitchell Technical Institute 11 2% $7,822
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 Uintah Basin Technical College 8 1% N/A
31 Pensacola State College 8 0% $3,804
32 Western Iowa Tech Community College 8 0% $14,325
33 Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College 7 0% $6,689
34 Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College 7 2% $5,692
35 Hillsborough Community College 7 0% $16,666
36 Salt Lake Community College 6 0% $4,743
37 Des Moines Area Community College 6 0% $14,992
38 Wake Technical Community College 5 0% $4,268
39 Manatee Technical College 5 1% N/A
40 Johnson County Community College 5 0% $4,350
41 Ridgewater College 5 1% $6,965
42 North Florida Community College 5 1% $4,454
43 Ivy Tech Community College 5 0% $5,788
44 Hutchinson Community College 5 1% $14,604
45 Northwest State Community College 4 1% $6,207
46 Moore Norman Technology Center 3 1% N/A
47 Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Newbern 3 1% N/A
48 Northwestern Michigan College 3 0% $18,903
49 Pasco-Hernando State College 3 0% $4,783
50 Gateway Technical College 2 0% $6,414
51 Millersville University of Pennsylvania 2 0% $30,538
52 Cuyahoga Community College District 2 0% $5,136
53 Surry Community College 1 0% $4,240
54 Florida Gateway College 1 0% $11,767
55 Central Arizona College 1 0% $14,680
56 Ridge Technical College 1 1% $5,394
57 Gulf Coast State College 1 0% $3,405
58 Miami Lakes Educational Center and Technical College 1 1% $2,193
59 Estrella Mountain Community College 1 0% $3,494

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.