NNMC’s Bachelor’s in Electromechanical Engineering Technology (EMET) and Information Engineering Technology (IET) are accredited by ABET

The Bachelor of Engineering in Electromechanical Engineering Technology at Northern New Mexico College is accredited by the Engineering Technology Accreditation Commission of ABET, https://www.abet.org, under the General Criteria and the Electromechanical Engineering Technology Program Criteria.

The Bachelor of Engineering in Information Engineering Technology at Northern New Mexico College is accredited by the Engineering Technology Accreditation Commission of ABET, https://www.abet.org, under the General Criteria and the Information Engineering Technology Program Criteria.

The Bachelor of Electromechanical Engineering Technology Program (BEng. EMET) began in Fall 2015 and has gained ABET accreditation status applying to all program graduates as of April 2018.

The Bachelor of Information Engineering Technology Program was first accredited by ABET in 2014 and has been reaccredited.

“The accreditation by ABET of both of our Bachelor of Engineering programs at Northern speaks to the quality of instruction we offer to prepare our graduates for professions in the Engineering field,” said Dr. Ashis Nandy, chair of Northern’s Department of Engineering & Technology. “This accreditation is a stamp of approval that our programs are valid, and employers look for that.”

Career opportunities for graduates of the BEng EMET program include lucrative positions in the energy sector, including renewable energy, aerospace engineering, medical device development, and more. Career opportunities for graduates of the BEng IET program include technical and leadership positions in information technology, cybersecurity, and software engineering, and information systems.

The national average salary for Electromechanical Engineering Technology and Information Engineering Technology Bachelor degree-holders is between $95,000 and more than $100,000 per year, and key employers in New Mexico include the U.S. Department of Energy, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratories, and Lockheed Martin, and Ball Aerospace.

All academic programs at Northern are accredited by the Higher Learning Commission, but several programs have received additional industry-specific accreditations in recent years. Examples include Northern’s ADN Nursing program, accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN), the RN-BSN program, accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE), and the Department of Business Administration’s bachelor’s programs, accredited by the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP).