2023 Best Value Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Engineering Graduate Certificate School for You
With 198,468 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, engineering is the #7 most popular major in the United States.
Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.
The Best Value Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 24 schools in the Southeast 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.
Top 10 Best Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Louisiana Tech University the best value school in the Southeast Region for engineering students working on their graduate certificate. Louisiana Tech is a large public school located in the distant town of Ruston.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Louisiana Tech are $12,690 per year.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of New Orleans is a great value for engineering students working on their graduate certificate. UNO is a medium-sized public school located in the city of New Orleans.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UNO are $13,678 a year.
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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Auburn University is a great value for engineering students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the small city of Auburn, Auburn is a public college with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Auburn are $31,986 a year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Auburn also is in the top 5% of our Best Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking.
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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means North Carolina State University is a great value for engineering students working on their graduate certificate. NC State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Raleigh.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at NC State are $29,690 a year.
NC State excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list.
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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Florida is a great value for engineering students working on their graduate certificate. UF is a fairly large public school located in the city of Gainesville.
UF graduate students pay an average of $30,130 in tuition and fees each year.
UF also claimed a spot on our Best Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.
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With a ranking of #6, Citadel Military College of South Carolina did quite well on this year’s best value schools for engineering students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the midsize city of Charleston, The Citadel is a public college with a small student population.
The Citadel graduate students pay an average of $18,540 in tuition and fees each year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, The Citadel also is in the top 20% of our Best Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking.
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Virginia Tech did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for engineering students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public college with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Virginia Tech are $31,443 per year.
Virginia Tech not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list.
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University of South Alabama landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate engineering programs. Located in the medium-sized city of Mobile, USA is a public school with a large student population.
USA graduate students pay an average of $16,652 in tuition and fees each year.
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North Carolina A & T State University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate engineering programs. NC A&T is a large public school located in the city of Greensboro.
NC A&T graduate students pay an average of $20,738 in tuition and fees each year.
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With a ranking of #10, University of North Carolina at Charlotte did quite well on this year’s best value schools for engineering students working on their graduate certificate. UNC Charlotte is a very large public school located in the large city of Charlotte.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNC Charlotte are $21,147 per year.
UNC Charlotte also claimed a spot on our Best Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.
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Explore the best engineering schools for a specific state in the Southeast region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| North Carolina | 5,126 |
| West Virginia | 990 |
| Mississippi | 1,512 |
| South Carolina | 2,318 |
| Florida | 9,040 |
| Virginia | 5,181 |
| Arkansas | 1,082 |
| Alabama | 3,927 |
| Kentucky | 1,343 |
| Georgia | 5,301 |
| Tennessee | 2,281 |
| Louisiana | 1,832 |
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Majors Related to Engineering
Engineering Majors to Study
Most Popular Related Majors
| 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 24 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).
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