2023 Best Value General Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best General Engineering Graduate Certificate School for You
In 2020-2021, 11,796 people earned a degree or certificate in general engineering, making the major the #80 most popular in the United States.
There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. 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 General Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 14 schools in the United States to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for engineering students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
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. 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.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
Top 10 Best General Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Minnesota State University - Mankato the best value school in the United States for general engineering students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the small city of Mankato, Minnesota State Mankato is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Minnesota State Mankato are $9,308 per year.
Minnesota State Mankato also claimed a spot on our Best General Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value General Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools list. UNL is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Lincoln.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UNL are $19,541 a year.
UNL also claimed a spot on our Best General Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools in this category.
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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Texas A&M University - College Station is a great value for general engineering students working on their graduate certificate. Texas A&M College Station is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of College Station.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Texas A&M College Station are $24,106 per year.
Texas A&M College Station also claimed a spot on our Best General Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools in this category.
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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means The University of Texas at Austin is a great value for general engineering students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Austin, UT Austin is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UT Austin are $22,944 per year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, UT Austin also did well on our Best General Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Michigan Technological University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value General Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools list. Michigan Tech is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Houghton.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Michigan Tech are $22,981 per year.
Michigan Tech excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 5% of all schools on our Best General Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools list.
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Villanova University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate general engineering programs. Located in the suburb of Villanova, Villanova is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Villanova are $21,199 per year.
In addition to its great value ranking, Villanova is in the top 5% of all schools on our Best General Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools list.
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Ohio University - Athens Campus ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value General Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the town of Athens, OHIO Athens is a public college with a very large student population.
OHIO Athens graduate students pay an average of $17,712 in tuition and fees each year.
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South Dakota School of Mines and Technology did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for general engineering students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the small city of Rapid City, SD Mines is a public school with a small student population.
SD Mines graduate students pay an average of $20,116 in tuition and fees each year.
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With a ranking of #9, University of Maryland - College Park did quite well on this year’s best value schools for general engineering students working on their graduate certificate. UMCP is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of College Park.
UMCP graduate students pay an average of $35,755 in tuition and fees each year.
In addition to its great value ranking, UMCP is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best General Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools list.
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University of Iowa ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value General Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools list. Iowa is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Iowa City.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Iowa are $31,012 per year.
Iowa also claimed a spot on our Best General Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.
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Majors Related to Engineering
One of 40 majors within the area of study, general engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Related Majors
| 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 14 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 Rémi Kaupp.
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