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Best Value Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in Massachusetts

2023 Best Value Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in Massachusetts

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

6 Colleges
$30,809 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$80,505 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Engineering Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, engineering students earned 9,717 degrees and certificates from a Massachusetts school, making the subject the 3rd in the state.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in Massachusetts ranking. This report analyzed 6 schools in Massachusetts 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.

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. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

Best Massachusetts Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Engineering

Our analysis found University of Massachusetts - Lowell to be the best value school for engineering students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Massachusetts. Located in the large suburb of Lowell, UMass Lowell is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UMass Lowell are $15,210 per year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Massachusetts Amherst. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in Massachusetts list. Located in the suburb of Amherst, UMass Amherst is a public school with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UMass Amherst are $16,251 per year.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Worcester Polytechnic Institute helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value engineering schools in Massachusetts. WPI is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Worcester.

WPI graduate students pay an average of $29,040 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

WPI also took the #3 spot in our Best Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in Massachusetts rankings.

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Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Harvard University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in Massachusetts list. Located in the city of Cambridge, Harvard is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Harvard are $52,170 a year.

Harvard also made our Best Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in Massachusetts list, coming in at #1.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value engineering schools in Massachusetts. Located in the suburb of North Dartmouth, UMass Dartmouth is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UMass Dartmouth are $16,965 per year.

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Tufts University

Medford, MA

Tufts University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for engineering students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. Tufts is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Medford.

Tufts graduate students pay an average of $55,216 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Tufts not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in Massachusetts list.

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Best Value Engineering Colleges in the New England Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
New Hampshire 649
Maine 404
Rhode Island 667
Connecticut 2,153
Vermont 346

Engineering Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering 46,178
Electrical Engineering 28,844
Civil Engineering 21,388
Computer Engineering 17,987
Chemical Engineering 12,917
Biomedical Engineering 12,811
General Engineering 11,796
Industrial Engineering 9,072
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering 8,001
Systems Engineering 3,904
Materials Engineering 3,415
Other Engineering 2,760
Environmental Engineering 2,759
Operations Research 1,698
Agricultural Engineering 1,472
Engineering Science 1,454
Electrical and Computer Engineering. 1,378
Petroleum Engineering 1,256
Robotics Engineering 1,243
Architectural Engineering 1,012
Engineering Physics 994
Manufacturing Engineering 947
Construction Engineering 878
Nuclear Engineering 864
Marine Engineering 445
Biological Engineering 410
Polymer & Plastics Engineering 360
Geoscience Engineering 325
Mining Engineering 314
Textile Engineering 310
Ocean Engineering 285
Engineering Mechanics 272
Metallurgical Engineering 179
Energy Systems Engineering 138
Biochemical Engineering 109
Ceramic Engineering 94
Surveying Engineering 73
Electromechanical Engineering 45
Forest Engineering 41
Paper Science & Engineering 27
Engineering Chemistry 13

Related Major Annual Graduates
Computer & Information Sciences 254,454
Biological & Biomedical Sciences 177,778
Engineering Technologies 85,188
Mathematics & Statistics 52,396
Physical Sciences 50,306

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 6 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 Petty Officer 3rd Class Declan Barnes.

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