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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$39,202 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Construction Engineering Graduate Certificate School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, construction engineering was ranked #252 in the country. In fact 878 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Construction Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the Plains States Region to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for construction engineering students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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

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

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

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

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

Our 2023 rankings named South Dakota School of Mines and Technology the best value school in the Plains States Region for construction engineering students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Rapid City, SD Mines is a public college with a small student population.

SD Mines graduate students pay an average of $20,116 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Construction Engineering at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Report

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Washington University in St Louis helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value construction engineering schools in the Plains States Region . WUSTL is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Saint Louis.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at WUSTL are $58,288 a year.

Read full report on Construction Engineering at Washington University in St Louis

Best Construction Engineering Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 21
Iowa 59
Nebraska 8
North Dakota 11
South Dakota 7

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

Majors Similar to Construction Engineering

Related Major Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering 46,178
Electrical Engineering 28,844
Civil Engineering 21,388
Computer Engineering 17,987
Chemical Engineering 12,917

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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Daniel Christensen.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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