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2023 Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

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Finding the Best Mechanical Engineering Graduate Certificate School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, mechanical engineering was ranked #21 in the country. In fact 46,178 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which ones were the most popular graduate certificate programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Mechanical Engineering program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Graduate Certificate Colleges.

#1

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

Our analysis found Stanford University to be the most popular school for mechanical engineering students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Far Western US Region . Located in the large suburb of Stanford, Stanford is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Naval Postgraduate School. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the midsize suburb of Monterey, Naval Postgraduate School is a public college with a small student population.

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#2

Santa Clara University

Santa Clara, CA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Santa Clara University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the city of Santa Clara, SCU is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at California Institute of Technology helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular mechanical engineering schools in the Far Western US Region . Located in the medium-sized city of Pasadena, Caltech is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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Best Mechanical Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best mechanical engineering colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 5,137
Washington 1,078
Oregon 646
Nevada 270
Hawaii 90
Alaska 66

Mechanical Engineering is one of 40 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to ME

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 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 Michel Villeneuve.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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