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Best Value Engineering Technologies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

12 Colleges
$18,988 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.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

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 in the Southeast Region ranking. This report analyzed 12 schools in the Southeast 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.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

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

Top 10 Best Engineering Technologies Graduate Certificate Schools

#1

Columbia Southern University

Orange Beach, AL

Our analysis found Columbia Southern University to be the best value school for engineering technologies students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Southeast Region . Located in the town of Orange Beach, Columbia Southern University is a private for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Columbia Southern University are $4,035 per year.

Columbia Southern University excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Engineering Technologies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list.

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A rank of #2 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 fringe town of Charles Town, American Military University is a private for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at American Military University are $7,050 a year.

American Military University excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Engineering Technologies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list.

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Out of the 12 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide landed the # 3 spot on the list. Embry-Riddle Worldwide is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the small 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 be in good company if you decide to attend Kennesaw State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. KSU Georgia is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Kennesaw.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at KSU Georgia are $21,174 per year.

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#5

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend East Carolina University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Technologies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the small city of Greenville, ECU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at ECU are $20,743 per year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, ECU also is in the top 20% of our Best Engineering Technologies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking.

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#6

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

With a ranking of #6, University of Florida did quite well on this year’s best value schools for engineering technologies students working on their graduate certificate. UF is a very large public school located in the city of Gainesville.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UF are $30,130 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, UF is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Engineering Technologies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list.

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#7

Western Kentucky University

Bowling Green, KY

Western Kentucky University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate engineering technologies programs. Located in the small city of Bowling Green, WKU is a public college with a large student population.

WKU graduate students pay an average of $18,340 in tuition and fees each year.

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#8

Georgia Southern University

Statesboro, GA

Georgia Southern 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 #8 on the list. Located in the town of Statesboro, GaSou is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at GaSou are $22,004 a year.

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With a ranking of #9, The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga did quite well on this year’s best value schools for engineering technologies students working on their graduate certificate. UT Chattanooga is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Chattanooga.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UT Chattanooga are $18,538 a year.

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#10

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, AR

University of Arkansas came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Engineering Technologies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in the small city of Fayetteville, UARK is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UARK are $22,563 per year.

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Best Engineering Technologies Colleges by State

Explore the best engineering technologies colleges for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
North Carolina 2,073
West Virginia 451
Mississippi 799
South Carolina 814
Florida 1,539
Virginia 938
Arkansas 815
Alabama 2,165
Kentucky 843
Georgia 686
Tennessee 951
Louisiana 1,315

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

Majors Similar to Engineering Tech

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 12 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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