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.
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2023 Best Value Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Value Engineering Graduate Certificate Colleges.
Top 10 Best Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools
Our 2023 rankings named North Dakota State University - Main Campus the best value school in the Plains States Region for engineering students working on their graduate certificate. North Dakota State University is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Fargo.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at North Dakota State University are $12,028 a year.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Minnesota State University - Mankato is a great value for engineering students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Mankato, Minnesota State Mankato is a public college with a large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Minnesota State Mankato are $9,308 a year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Minnesota State Mankato also did well on our Best Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. UNL is a very large public school located in the city of Lincoln.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UNL are $19,541 a year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UNL is ranked #3 for overall quality for engineering in the Plains States Region .
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Louis University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. SLU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Saint Louis.
SLU graduate students pay an average of $22,614 in tuition and fees each year.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of St Thomas Minnesota. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. UST MN is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Saint Paul.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UST MN are $23,736 a 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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South Dakota School of Mines and Technology ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the city of Rapid City, SD Mines is a public college 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 came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. WSU is a large public school located in the city of Wichita.
WSU graduate students pay an average of $15,323 in tuition and fees each year.
Missouri University of Science and Technology ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the remote town of Rolla, Missouri University of Science and Technology is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Missouri University of Science and Technology are $31,008 a year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Missouri University of Science and Technology also did well on our Best Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
Read full report on Engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology
Iowa State 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 #9 on the list. Located in the city of Ames, Iowa State is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Iowa State are $26,948 per year.
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 midsize city of Columbia, Mizzou is a public college with a very large student population.
Mizzou graduate students pay an average of $28,550 in tuition and fees each 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.
Best Engineering Colleges by State
Explore the best engineering colleges 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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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 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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