2023 Best Value General Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in Texas
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best General Engineering Graduate Certificate School for You
In 2020-2021, 656 degrees and certificates were awarded to general engineering students who went to a Texas college or university. This makes it the #84 most popular major in the state.
When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value General Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in Texas to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in Texas to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for engineering students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
Best Texas Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in General Engineering
Our 2023 rankings named Texas A&M University - College Station the best value school in Texas for general engineering students working on their graduate certificate. Texas A&M College Station is a very large public school located in the midsize city of College Station.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Texas A&M College Station are $10,733 per year.
Texas A&M College Station also took the #1 spot in our Best General Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in Texas rankings.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend The University of Texas at Austin. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value General Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in Texas list. Located in the large city of Austin, UT Austin is a public school with a very large student population.
UT Austin graduate students pay an average of $12,050 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
UT Austin did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best General Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in Texas list.
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Request InformationBest Value General Engineering Colleges in the Southwest Region
Explore all the Best Value General Engineering Schools in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Arizona | 332 |
| Oklahoma | 219 |
| New Mexico | 127 |
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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.
Majors Similar to 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 Rémi Kaupp.
More about our data sources and methodologies.