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Best Value Engineering Technologies Undergraduate Certificate Schools in California

2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Undergraduate Certificate Schools in California

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$7,184 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$33,663 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Engineering Technologies Undergraduate Certificate School for You

With 2,964 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, engineering technologies is the #26 most popular major in California.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

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 California to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in California to see which undergraduate 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.

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.

Best California Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Engineering Technologies

Our 2023 rankings named Los Angeles Trade Technical College the best value school in California for engineering technologies students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the city of Los Angeles, Los Angeles Trade Technical College is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Los Angeles Trade Technical College are $1,238 per year.

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#2

Antelope Valley College

Lancaster, CA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Antelope Valley College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Undergraduate Certificate Schools in California list. Antelope Valley College is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Lancaster.

Antelope Valley College undergraduate students pay an average of $1,124 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Southern California Institute of Technology is a great value for engineering technologies students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the large city of Anaheim, Southern California Institute of Technology is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

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

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Best Value Engineering Technologies Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Engineering Technologies Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
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 3 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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