2023 Best Value General Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best General Engineering Graduate Certificate School for You
General Engineering is the #80 most popular major in the country with 11,796 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.
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 the Plains States Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in the Plains States Region 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. 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.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Best Plains States Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in General Engineering
Our analysis found Minnesota State University - Mankato to be the best value school for general engineering students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Plains States Region . Minnesota State Mankato is a fairly large public school located in the city of Mankato.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Minnesota State Mankato are $9,308 a year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Minnesota State Mankato also did well on our Best General Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Nebraska - Lincoln helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value general engineering schools in the Plains States Region . Located in the city of Lincoln, UNL is a public school with a very large student population.
UNL graduate students pay an average of $19,541 in tuition and fees each year.
UNL also made our Best General Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list, coming in at #3.
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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means South Dakota School of Mines and Technology is a great value for general engineering students working on their graduate certificate. SD Mines is a small public school located in the small city of Rapid City.
SD Mines graduate students pay an average of $20,116 in tuition and fees each year.
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The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Iowa helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value general engineering schools in the Plains States Region . Located in the city of Iowa City, Iowa is a public school with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Iowa are $31,012 per year.
Iowa excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best General Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list.
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Explore the best general engineering schools for a specific state in the Plains States region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Missouri | 160 |
| Minnesota | 183 |
| Kansas | 36 |
| Iowa | 31 |
| Nebraska | 71 |
| North Dakota | 6 |
| South Dakota | 17 |
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General Engineering Related Majors for Engineering
General Engineering is one of 40 different types of programs to choose from.
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 4 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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