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2023 Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$24,098 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$73,134 Avg Salary

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, engineering-related fields was ranked #51 in the country. In fact 4,838 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 in the Southeast Region ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in the Southeast Region 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.

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.

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Graduate Certificate Colleges.

#1

Georgia Southern University

Statesboro, GA

Our analysis found Georgia Southern University to be the best value school for engineering-related fields students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Southeast Region . Located in the town of Statesboro, GaSou is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at GaSou are $22,004 a year.

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Out of the 4 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga landed the # 2 spot on the list. UT Chattanooga is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Chattanooga.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UT Chattanooga are $18,538 per year.

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#3

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, AR

The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Arkansas helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value engineering-related fields schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the small city of Fayetteville, UARK is a public college with a fairly large student population.

UARK graduate students pay an average of $22,563 in tuition and fees each year.

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#4

Old Dominion University

Norfolk, VA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Old Dominion University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the city of Norfolk, Old Dominion is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Old Dominion are $33,288 a year.

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Explore the best engineering-related fields colleges for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 6
Florida 246
Georgia 30
North Carolina 170
Tennessee 48
Kentucky 98
Louisiana 51
Alabama 11
South Carolina 39
Arkansas 463

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 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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