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2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

8 Colleges
$12,122 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$33,663 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Engineering Technologies Undergraduate Certificate School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, engineering technologies was ranked #20 in the country. In fact 85,188 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Engineering Technologies Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 8 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which ones offered the best value undergraduate 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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Engineering Technologies Undergraduate Certificate Colleges.

Best Far Western US Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Engineering Technologies

Our 2023 rankings named Spokane Community College the best value school in the Far Western US Region for engineering technologies students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the medium-sized city of Spokane, Spokane Community College is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Spokane Community College are $5,135 a year.

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#2

Olympic College

Bremerton, WA

The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Olympic College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value engineering technologies schools in the Far Western US Region . Located in the city of Bremerton, OC is a public college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at OC are $9,638 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, OC also did well on our Best Engineering Technologies Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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#3

Antelope Valley College

Lancaster, CA

Out of the 8 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Antelope Valley College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Lancaster, Antelope Valley College is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Antelope Valley College are $6,980 per year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Portland Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the large city of Portland, Portland Community College is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Portland Community College are $9,670 per year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Los Angeles Trade Technical College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Los Angeles Trade Technical College is a medium-sized public school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Los Angeles Trade Technical College are $9,012 per year.

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With a ranking of #6, University of Alaska Anchorage did quite well on this year’s best value schools for engineering technologies students working on their undergraduate certificate. UAA is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Anchorage.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UAA are $25,228 per year.

UAA also claimed a spot on our Best Engineering Technologies Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

Full Engineering Technologies at University of Alaska Anchorage Report

Southern California Institute of Technology came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Engineering Technologies Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Southern California Institute of Technology is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the large city of Anaheim.

Southern California Institute of Technology undergraduate students pay an average of $19,190 in tuition and fees each year.

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With a ranking of #8, Perry Technical Institute did quite well on this year’s best value schools for engineering technologies students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the small city of Yakima, Perry Tech is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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Best Engineering Technologies Colleges by State

Explore the best engineering technologies colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 2,964
Washington 1,051
Oregon 377
Hawaii 57
Nevada 146
Alaska 82

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 8 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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