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2023 Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Graduate Certificate Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

23 Colleges
$25,192 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$73,134 Avg Salary

Engineering-Related Fields is the #51 most popular major in the country with 4,838 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. This report analyzed 23 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for engineering-related fields students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for engineering-related fields majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Our analysis found California State University - Northridge to be the best value school for engineering-related fields students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the United States. Located in the large city of Northridge, CSUN is a public college with a fairly large student population.

CSUN graduate students pay an average of $17,981 in tuition and fees each year.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Bowling Green State University - Main Campus is a great value for engineering-related fields students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the town of Bowling Green, BGSU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at BGSU are $15,823 a year.

Full Engineering-Related Fields at Bowling Green State University - Main Campus Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Purdue University Northwest. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Graduate Certificate Schools list. Purdue Northwest is a medium-sized public school located in the suburb of Hammond.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Purdue Northwest are $11,356 a year.

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#4

University of Dayton

Dayton, OH

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Dayton. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Graduate Certificate Schools list. UDayton is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Dayton.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UDayton are $18,140 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, UDayton is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Engineering-Related Fields Graduate Certificate Schools list.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Ohio University - Athens Campus is a great value for engineering-related fields students working on their graduate certificate. OHIO Athens is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Athens.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at OHIO Athens are $17,712 per year.

Full Engineering-Related Fields at Ohio University - Athens Campus Report

#6

Temple University

Philadelphia, PA

With a ranking of #6, Temple University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for engineering-related fields students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Philadelphia, Temple is a public school with a very large student population.

Temple graduate students pay an average of $24,812 in tuition and fees each year.

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South Dakota State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for engineering-related fields students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #7 on the list. South Dakota State is a large public school located in the town of Brookings.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at South Dakota State are $16,917 a year.

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Washington State University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. Wazzu is a very large public school located in the town of Pullman.

Wazzu graduate students pay an average of $28,190 in tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Wazzu also is in the top 10% of our Best Engineering-Related Fields Graduate Certificate Schools ranking.

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Missouri State University - Springfield came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. Missouri State is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Springfield.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Missouri State are $12,618 a year.

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#10

University of Kansas

Lawrence, KS

With a ranking of #10, University of Kansas did quite well on this year’s best value schools for engineering-related fields students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Lawrence, KU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at KU are $25,007 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, KU also did well on our Best Engineering-Related Fields Graduate Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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

One of 16 majors within the area of study, engineering-related fields has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Quality Control Technology 736
Industrial Production Technology 440
Engineering Technology (Other) 288
Construction Engineering Technology 264
General Engineering Technology 255

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 23 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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