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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$29,738 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Computer Engineering Graduate Certificate School for You

Computer Engineering is the #56 most popular major in the country with 17,987 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Computer Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in the Southeast Region to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for CE students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

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

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for CE majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Best Southeast Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Computer Engineering

Our analysis found North Carolina State University to be the best value school for computer engineering students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Southeast Region . NC State is a very large public school located in the city of Raleigh.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at NC State are $29,690 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, NC State also did well on our Best Computer Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Read full report on Computer Engineering at North Carolina State University

#2

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Florida is a great value for computer engineering students working on their graduate certificate. UF is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Gainesville.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UF are $30,130 a year.

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

Full Computer Engineering at University of Florida Report

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Kennesaw State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value computer engineering schools in the Southeast Region . KSU Georgia is a very 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.

Full Computer Engineering at Kennesaw State University Report

#4

George Mason University

Fairfax, VA

The excellent graduate certificate programs at George Mason University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value computer engineering schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the suburb of Fairfax, GMU is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at GMU are $37,956 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, GMU also is in the top 5% of our Best Computer Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking.

Full Computer Engineering at George Mason University Report

Best Computer Engineering Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 359
Virginia 533
North Carolina 511
Florida 944
Tennessee 100
Kentucky 162
South Carolina 157
Louisiana 26
Arkansas 45
Alabama 292
Mississippi 69
West Virginia 42

One of 40 majors within the area of study, computer engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering 46,178
Electrical Engineering 28,844
Civil Engineering 21,388
Chemical Engineering 12,917
Biomedical Engineering 12,811

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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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