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Best Value Engineering Undergraduate Certificate Schools

2023 Best Value Engineering Undergraduate Certificate Schools

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$30,755 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$45,182 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Engineering Undergraduate 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.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Engineering Undergraduate Certificate Schools ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best value undergraduate 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 Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Engineering

#1

University of North Dakota

Grand Forks, ND

Our 2023 rankings named University of North Dakota the best value school in the United States for engineering students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the small city of Grand Forks, UND is a public college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UND are $15,037 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, UND also did well on our Best Engineering Undergraduate Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 1% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Akron Main Campus. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Undergraduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the midsize city of Akron, University of Akron Main Campus is a public school with a large student population.

University of Akron Main Campus undergraduate students pay an average of $11,880 in tuition and fees each year.

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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Miami University - Oxford helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value engineering schools in the United States. Located in the fringe town of Oxford, Miami University - Oxford is a public school with a large student population.

Miami University - Oxford undergraduate students pay an average of $36,288 in tuition and fees each year.

Miami University - Oxford also claimed a spot on our Best Engineering Undergraduate Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

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#4

Boston University

Boston, MA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Boston University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Undergraduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

Boston U undergraduate students pay an average of $59,816 in tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Boston U also is in the top 5% of our Best Engineering Undergraduate Certificate Schools ranking.

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Engineering by Region

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Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

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 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 Petty Officer 3rd Class Declan Barnes.

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