Are their any engineering jobs I can do without having to go back to school?

No, the only engineering related job you might be able to score without going back to school is being a secretary at a firm's office.

Here is my personal advice: I live in South Florida. I did 2 years of at Miami Dade College, the US' biggest community college. After I got my associate degree, I transfered to Florida International University (FIU), which is South Florida's only public research university and its also a very cheap public university. I graduate early 2017 as an engineer (wont say what branch).

Miami Dade College (MDC) is one of the few community college's in the nation that will pay all of your tuition as long as your GPA is a 3.0 or above (cant remember if its college GPA or high school GPA) and you take a minimum of 12 credits per semester (which is usually equivalent to 4 classes per semester). Google "MDC American Dream scholarship" for the specifics. It should be on their website. You should also check to see whats the requirements to be elligible for their scholarship (which most students at MDC are awarded, so getting it shouldnt be too hard to get as long as your a Florida resident).

Anyway, do your two years there and graduate from MDC with your associate degree. If all goes well, you should graduate with 0 debt. After you have you associate degree, transfer to FIU (by the way, if you graduate from MDC with a 3.5 GPA or higher, FIU will pay for 50% of your tuition once you transfer to them).

Then, finish off the 2 remaining years at FIU and - voila - you will be an engineer.

If all goes according to plan (meaning that you move down to South Florida, qualify for American Dream at MDC, transfer with a 3.5 to FIU, and dont fail any classes), you should graduate as an engineer with no more than $2000 or $3000 dollars (assuming you qualify for student financial aid at FIU). You might even graduate debt-free and with money left over in your pocket if you're lucky enough.

Good luck.

/r/EngineeringStudents Thread