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2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Graduate Certificate Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

45 Colleges
$18,845 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$73,134 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Engineering Technologies Graduate Certificate School for You

Engineering Technologies is the #20 most popular major in the country with 85,188 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Engineering Technologies Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 45 schools in the United States to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for engineering tech students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Graduate Certificate Schools in the United States

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for engineering tech majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Top 10 Best Engineering Technologies Graduate Certificate Schools

#1

Columbia Southern University

Orange Beach, AL

Our 2023 rankings named Columbia Southern University the best value school in the United States for engineering technologies students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the fringe town of Orange Beach, Columbia Southern University is a private for-profit college with a large student population.

Columbia Southern University graduate students pay an average of $4,035 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Columbia Southern University is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Engineering Technologies Graduate Certificate Schools list.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Illinois State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value engineering technologies schools in the United States. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Normal, Illinois State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Illinois State graduate students pay an average of $11,773 in tuition and fees each year.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means American Public University System is a great value for engineering technologies students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the town of Charles Town, American Military University is a private for-profit college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at American Military University are $7,050 per year.

American Military University also claimed a spot on our Best Engineering Technologies Graduate Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide is a great value for engineering technologies students working on their graduate certificate. Embry-Riddle Worldwide is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Daytona Beach.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Embry-Riddle Worldwide are $8,936 a year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Kennesaw State University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Technologies Graduate Certificate Schools list. KSU Georgia is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Kennesaw.

KSU Georgia graduate students pay an average of $21,174 in tuition and fees each year.

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California State University - Northridge did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for engineering technologies students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the large city of Northridge, CSUN is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at CSUN are $17,981 per year.

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Bowling Green State University - Main Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for engineering technologies students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the fringe town of Bowling Green, BGSU is a public school with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at BGSU are $15,823 per year.

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#8

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

Purdue University - Main Campus landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate engineering technologies programs. Purdue is a very large public school located in the city of West Lafayette.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Purdue are $28,794 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Purdue also did well on our Best Engineering Technologies Graduate Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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#9

Indiana State University

Terre Haute, IN

Indiana State University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Technologies Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the small city of Terre Haute, Indiana State is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Indiana State are $15,562 per year.

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Purdue University Northwest came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Engineering Technologies Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. Purdue Northwest is a medium-sized public school located in the large suburb of Hammond.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Purdue Northwest are $11,356 a year.

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Engineering Technologies by Region

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Southwest
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Engineering Tech Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Industrial Production Technology 11,906
Electromechanical Engineering Technology 10,593
Drafting & Design Engineering Technology 8,964
Environmental Control Technology 8,690
Electronics Engineering Technology 8,592
Engineering-Related Fields 6,736
Mechanical Engineering Technology 6,013
General Engineering Technology 4,676
Construction Engineering Technology 4,330
Quality Control Technology 3,824
Computer Engineering Technology 3,595
Engineering Technology (Other) 1,768
Architectural Engineering Technology 1,290
Energy Systems Technologies 1,256
Civil Engineering Technology 1,187
Engineering-Related Technologies 989
Mining & Petroleum Technology 445
Nuclear Engineering Technology 220
Nanotechnology 114

Related Major Annual Graduates
Computer & Information Sciences 254,454
Engineering 198,468
Biological & Biomedical Sciences 177,778
Mathematics & Statistics 52,396
Physical Sciences 50,306

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to KUKA Systems GmbH.

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