2023 Best Value Mechanical Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in New York

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

Finding the Best Mechanical Engineering Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 2,839 degrees and certificates were awarded to mechanical engineering students who went to a New York college or university. This makes it the #28 most popular major in the state.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Mechanical Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in New York ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in New York to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for ME students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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. 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.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Mechanical Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in New York

Check out the ME graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best New York Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Mechanical Engineering

#1

University at Buffalo

Buffalo, NY

2 Graduate Certificates

$14,388 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University at Buffalo the best value school in New York for mechanical engineering students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the suburb of Buffalo, University at Buffalo is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at University at Buffalo are $14,388 a year.

Full Mechanical Engineering at University at Buffalo Report

#2

Columbia University in the City of New York

New York, NY

7 Graduate Certificates

#3 in Quality in New York

$52,924 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Columbia University in the City of New York helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value mechanical engineering schools in New York. Located in the large city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Columbia graduate students pay an average of $52,924 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Columbia not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Mechanical Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in New York list.

Full Mechanical Engineering at Columbia University in the City of New York Report

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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 Michel Villeneuve.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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