2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
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. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Engineering Technologies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 11 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for engineering tech students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
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.
Top 10 Best Engineering Technologies Graduate Certificate Schools
Our analysis found Illinois State University to be the best value school for engineering technologies students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the midsize suburb of Normal, Illinois State is a public school with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Illinois State are $11,773 per year.
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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Bowling Green State University - Main Campus helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value engineering technologies schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the fringe town of Bowling Green, BGSU is a public college with a large student population.
BGSU graduate students pay an average of $15,823 in tuition and fees each year.
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Out of the 11 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Purdue University - Main Campus landed the # 3 spot on the list. Purdue is a fairly 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.
In addition to its great value ranking, Purdue is in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Engineering Technologies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.
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Out of the 11 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Indiana State University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the city of Terre Haute, Indiana State is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.
Indiana State graduate students pay an average of $15,562 in tuition and fees each year.
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Out of the 11 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Purdue University Northwest landed the # 5 spot on the list. 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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Michigan Technological University 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 town of Houghton, Michigan Tech is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Michigan Tech are $22,981 per year.
Michigan Tech not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Engineering Technologies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.
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University of Dayton ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Technologies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. UDayton is a large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Dayton.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UDayton are $18,140 per year.
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Ohio University - Athens Campus ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Technologies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. OHIO Athens is a fairly large public school located in the town of Athens.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at OHIO Athens are $17,712 per year.
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With a ranking of #9, Eastern Illinois University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for engineering technologies students working on their graduate certificate. EIU is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Charleston.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at EIU are $21,407 per year.
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Northwestern University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Engineering Technologies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Northwestern is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Evanston.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Northwestern are $56,567 a year.
Northwestern did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Engineering Technologies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.
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Explore the best engineering technologies schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Indiana | 2,230 |
| Michigan | 2,201 |
| Ohio | 2,673 |
| Illinois | 1,478 |
| Wisconsin | 1,081 |
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Majors Related to Engineering Tech
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 |
Most Popular Related Majors
| 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 11 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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