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Best Value Engineering Technologies Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania

2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$10,630 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$33,663 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Engineering Technologies Undergraduate Certificate School for You

Engineering Technologies is the #20 most popular major in Pennsylvania with 2,033 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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.

The Best Value Engineering Technologies Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 3 schools in Pennsylvania 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.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

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

Our 2023 rankings named Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology the best value school in Pennsylvania for engineering technologies students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the small city of Lancaster, Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology is a public school with a small student population.

Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology undergraduate students pay an average of $8,450 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Community College of Beaver County. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania list. CCBC is a small public school located in the large suburb of Monaca.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at CCBC are $12,810 a year.

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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science and Technology helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value engineering technologies schools in Pennsylvania. CPI is a fairly small public school located in the rural area of Pleasant Gap.

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Best Value Engineering Technologies Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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State Degrees Awarded
New Jersey 906
New York 3,941
Maryland 325
Delaware 71
District of Columbia 220

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 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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