Mechanical Engineering Technology

Mechanical engineering technology programmes train the people who test, build and improve mechanical systems — measurement and instrumentation, hydraulics and pneumatics, manufacturing processes, CAD and the quality methods around them.

The degrees this program covers

An associate degree (A.S. or A.A.S.), usually two years, and at several Florida colleges a route into a bachelor's in engineering technology. ⚠⚠ As with every technology degree on this site: it is accredited by ABET's ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY commission, which under Florida law means SIX years of experience before a PE rather than four. ⚠ The occupation itself is unusual in what it expects — 37% of O*NET's respondents said a BACHELOR'S degree is required against 14% an associate — so read the job adverts where you live before assuming the two-year degree is the finish line.

Careers this program leads to

Each one sets out the courses along the way, the licence or certification at the end, and the sources behind it.

CAD Drafter

Drafters turn an engineer's or architect's decision into the drawings and models a building or a part is built from. ⚠ The pay is good for a certificate — a median of $66,150 — and the trap is real: Florida teaches this almost entirely as a short certificate, while 42% of employers say they want a bachelor's degree.

Mechanical Engineering Technician

Mechanical engineering technicians test, build and improve mechanical systems beside engineers — instrumenting a design, finding out whether it behaves as claimed, and writing down what happened. ⚠ Median $74,510, but read the education data: more than a third of employers in this occupation ask for a bachelor's.

Programs similar to this one

Neighbouring fields that share much of the same coursework, and often the same employers. ⚠ Read these before you commit to a major — which doors a neighbouring degree keeps open is the part no catalog tells you, and it is far cheaper to change now than later.

Engineering Technology 76 Florida schools

The umbrella series — 76 institutions, and where to look for the neighbouring branches of the same family.

Mechanical Engineering 11 Florida schools

⚠ The four-year degree, and a genuine fork rather than a ladder: engineering designs the machine, technology tests and builds it. ⚠ Read it before choosing, because 37% of employers in this occupation ask for a bachelor's.

Machining Technology 18 Florida schools

The making end of the same work. Technicians who can actually cut metal understand what a drawing costs, and small shops value the combination.

Drafting and Design Technology 25 Florida schools

SolidWorks and Inventor are the mechanical half of this field, and mechanical engineering technology teaches them next to the statics and materials the parts have to survive. ⚠ The difference in the job is whether you document someone else's design or size the part yourself — and that is the difference in the pay too.

Florida public institutions offering this program

13 institutions awarded a credential in this field in 2023, at these levels: Associate, Certificate (1-2 years), Certificate (12 weeks-1 year). A school appears here if it awards anything in the field, however limited its offering — a technical college teaching only practical nursing has a nursing program. Listed alphabetically, not ranked.

Broward College

Associate · Certificate (1-2 years) · Certificate (12 weeks-1 year)

College of Central Florida

Certificate (12 weeks-1 year)

Daytona State College

Associate

Eastern Florida State College

Associate · Certificate (1-2 years) · Certificate (12 weeks-1 year)

Florida Gateway College

Associate · Certificate (1-2 years) · Certificate (12 weeks-1 year)

Florida State College at Jacksonville

Associate · Certificate (12 weeks-1 year)

Gulf Coast State College

Associate

Indian River State College

Associate · Certificate (1-2 years) · Certificate (12 weeks-1 year)

Northwest Florida State College

Associate

Pasco-Hernando State College

Associate

Pensacola State College

Certificate (12 weeks-1 year)

Santa Fe College

Associate

Seminole State College of Florida

Associate · Certificate (1-2 years) · Certificate (12 weeks-1 year)

Source: federal IPEDS completions data for 2023, first majors only — the most recent year published. ⚠ It records what was awarded, which is strong evidence of what is offered, but a program launched since 2023 will not appear here. Check the institution’s own catalog before applying.

Updated 21 September 2026. ⚠ Program pages describe a field of study, not one school’s degree — always read the catalog of the institution you are applying to.