2023 Best Value Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Engineering Graduate Certificate School for You
In 2020-2021, 198,468 engineering students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #7 most popular in the country.
There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. 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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 13 schools in the Plains States Region 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.
Top 10 Best Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools
Our analysis found North Dakota State University - Main Campus to be the best value school for engineering students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Plains States Region . North Dakota State University is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Fargo.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at North Dakota State University are $12,028 per year.
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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Minnesota State University - Mankato helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value engineering schools in the Plains States Region . Located in the city of Mankato, Minnesota State Mankato is a public school with a large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Minnesota State Mankato are $9,308 per year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Minnesota State Mankato also is in the top 10% of our Best Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking.
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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Nebraska - Lincoln is a great value for engineering students working on their graduate certificate. UNL is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Lincoln.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UNL are $19,541 a year.
UNL also took the #3 spot in our Best Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region rankings.
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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Saint Louis University is a great value for engineering students working on their graduate certificate. SLU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Saint Louis.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at SLU are $22,614 per year.
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The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of St Thomas Minnesota helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value engineering schools in the Plains States Region . UST MN is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Saint Paul.
UST MN graduate students pay an average of $23,736 in tuition and fees each year.
UST MN also made our Best Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list, coming in at #4.
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With a ranking of #6, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology did quite well on this year’s best value schools for engineering students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the small city of Rapid City, SD Mines is a public school with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at SD Mines are $20,116 per year.
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Wichita State University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. WSU is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Wichita.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at WSU are $15,323 a year.
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Missouri University of Science and Technology came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in the town of Rolla, Missouri University of Science and Technology is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.
Missouri University of Science and Technology graduate students pay an average of $31,008 in tuition and fees each year.
Missouri University of Science and Technology also claimed a spot on our Best Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.
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Iowa State University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in the city of Ames, Iowa State is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Iowa State graduate students pay an average of $26,948 in tuition and fees each year.
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With a ranking of #10, University of Missouri - Columbia did quite well on this year’s best value schools for engineering students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Columbia, Mizzou is a public college with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Mizzou are $28,550 a year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Mizzou also is in the top 15% of our Best Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking.
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Explore the best engineering schools for a specific state in the Plains States region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Kansas | 1,618 |
| Minnesota | 2,350 |
| Iowa | 2,616 |
| South Dakota | 569 |
| Missouri | 3,253 |
| Nebraska | 699 |
| North Dakota | 787 |
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Engineering Related Majors for Engineering
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| 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 13 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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