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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$27,765 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$96,737 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Electrical Engineering Graduate Certificate School for You

Electrical Engineering is the #40 most popular major in the country with 28,844 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're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Electrical Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in the Plains States Region to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for EE 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 Electrical Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region

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

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

Our analysis found University of St Thomas Minnesota to be the best value school for electrical engineering students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Plains States Region . Located in the large city of Saint Paul, UST MN is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

UST MN graduate students pay an average of $23,736 in tuition and fees each year.

UST MN also made our Best Electrical Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list, coming in at #4.

Read full report on Electrical Engineering at University of St Thomas Minnesota

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Missouri University of Science and Technology is a great value for electrical engineering students working on their graduate certificate. Missouri University of Science and Technology is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Rolla.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Missouri University of Science and Technology are $31,008 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Missouri University of Science and Technology is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Electrical Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Missouri - Columbia is a great value for electrical engineering students working on their graduate certificate. Mizzou is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Columbia.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Mizzou are $28,550 per year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Mizzou also is in the top 15% of our Best Electrical Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking.

Read full report on Electrical Engineering at University of Missouri - Columbia

Best Electrical Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best electrical engineering colleges for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 425
Minnesota 341
Kansas 110
Iowa 169
Nebraska 74
North Dakota 111
South Dakota 75

Electrical Engineering is one of 40 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to EE

Related Major Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering 46,178
Civil Engineering 21,388
Computer Engineering 17,987
Chemical Engineering 12,917
Biomedical Engineering 12,811

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 NASA.

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