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2023 Best Value Computer Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$19,488 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. 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.

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 Plains States Region ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in the Plains States 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 Plains States Region

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

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

Our 2023 rankings named North Dakota State University - Main Campus the best value school in the Plains States Region for computer engineering students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Fargo, North Dakota State University is a public school with a fairly large student population.

North Dakota State University graduate students pay an average of $12,028 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Computer Engineering at North Dakota State University - Main Campus Report

Out of the 2 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Iowa State University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Iowa State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Ames.

Iowa State graduate students pay an average of $26,948 in tuition and fees each year.

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Best Computer Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best computer engineering schools for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 164
Minnesota 159
Kansas 64
Iowa 449
Nebraska 83
North Dakota 65
South Dakota 8

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 2 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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