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2023 Best Value Mechanical Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in Connecticut

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

1 College
$20,325 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Mechanical Engineering Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 538 degrees and certificates were awarded to mechanical engineering students who went to a Connecticut college or university. This makes it the #21 most popular major in the state.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

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 Connecticut ranking.

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.

The following school tops our list of the Best Value Mechanical Engineering Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Best Mechanical Engineering Graduate Certificate School

Our 2023 rankings named University of Connecticut the best value school in Connecticut for mechanical engineering students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large suburb of Storrs, UCONN is a public college with a fairly large student population.

UCONN graduate students pay an average of $20,325 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UCONN did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Mechanical Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in Connecticut list.

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Best Value Mechanical Engineering Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Value Mechanical Engineering Colleges in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 2,089
New Hampshire 125
Maine 105
Rhode Island 140
Vermont 132

One of 40 majors within the area of study, mechanical engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering 28,844
Civil Engineering 21,388
Computer Engineering 17,987
Chemical Engineering 12,917
Biomedical Engineering 12,811

Notes and References

*These values are for the top school 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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