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2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Minnesota

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$5,901 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$33,663 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Engineering Technologies Undergraduate Certificate School for You

Engineering Technologies is the #21 most popular major in Minnesota with 872 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

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.

The Best Value Engineering Technologies Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Minnesota ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 4 schools in Minnesota 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. 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.

2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Minnesota

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

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

#1

Hennepin Technical College

Brooklyn Park, MN

Our analysis found Hennepin Technical College to be the best value school for engineering technologies students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in Minnesota. Hennepin Technical College is a small public school located in the suburb of Brooklyn Park.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Hennepin Technical College are $5,741 per year.

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#2

Ridgewater College

Willmar, MN

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ridgewater College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Minnesota list. Ridgewater College is a small public school located in the town of Willmar.

Ridgewater College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,914 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Out of the 4 schools in Minnesota that were part of this year’s ranking, Anoka Technical College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Anoka Technical College is a small public school located in the suburb of Anoka.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Anoka Technical College are $6,075 a year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend St Cloud Technical and Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Minnesota list. St Cloud Technical and Community College is a small public school located in the city of Saint Cloud.

St Cloud Technical and Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,874 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Best Value Engineering Technologies Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Value Engineering Technologies Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 782
Iowa 665
South Dakota 248
Missouri 1,194
Nebraska 296
North Dakota 358

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 4 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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