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2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Graduate Certificate Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

45 Colleges
$18,845 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$73,134 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Engineering Technologies Graduate Certificate School for You

Engineering Technologies is the #20 most popular major in the country with 7,672 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. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Engineering Technologies Graduate Certificate Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 45 schools in the United States to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for engineering tech students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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.

2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Graduate Certificate Schools in the United States

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

Top 10 Best Engineering Technologies Graduate Certificate Schools

#1

Columbia Southern University

Orange Beach, AL

Our analysis found Columbia Southern University to be the best value school for engineering technologies students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the United States. Located in the town of Orange Beach, Columbia Southern University is a private for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Columbia Southern University are $4,035 a year.

Columbia Southern University excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Engineering Technologies Graduate Certificate Schools list.

Read full report on Engineering Technologies at Columbia Southern University

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Illinois State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value engineering technologies schools in the United States. Located in the midsize suburb of Normal, Illinois State is a public school with a very large student population.

Illinois State graduate students pay an average of $11,773 in tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Engineering Technologies at Illinois State University

The excellent graduate certificate programs at American Public University System helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value engineering technologies schools in the United States. Located in the town of Charles Town, American Military University is a private for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at American Military University are $7,050 per year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, American Military University also is in the top 15% of our Best Engineering Technologies Graduate Certificate Schools ranking.

Full Engineering Technologies at American Public University System Report

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide is a great value for engineering technologies students working on their graduate certificate. Embry-Riddle Worldwide is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Daytona Beach.

Embry-Riddle Worldwide graduate students pay an average of $8,936 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Engineering Technologies at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide Report

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Kennesaw State University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value engineering technologies schools in the United States. KSU Georgia is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Kennesaw.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at KSU Georgia are $21,174 a year.

Read full report on Engineering Technologies at Kennesaw State University

With a ranking of #6, California State University - Northridge did quite well on this year’s best value schools for engineering technologies students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Northridge, CSUN is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at CSUN are $17,981 per year.

Full Engineering Technologies at California State University - Northridge Report

Bowling Green State University - Main Campus ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Technologies Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the fringe town of Bowling Green, BGSU is a public college with a large student population.

BGSU graduate students pay an average of $15,823 in tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Engineering Technologies at Bowling Green State University - Main Campus

#8

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

Purdue University - Main Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for engineering technologies students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. Purdue is a very large public school located in the small city of West Lafayette.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Purdue are $28,794 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Purdue also did well on our Best Engineering Technologies Graduate Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Full Engineering Technologies at Purdue University - Main Campus Report

#9

Indiana State University

Terre Haute, IN

Indiana State University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate engineering technologies programs. Located in the small city of Terre Haute, Indiana State is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Indiana State are $15,562 a year.

Full Engineering Technologies at Indiana State University Report

Purdue University Northwest ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Technologies Graduate Certificate Schools list. Purdue Northwest is a medium-sized public school located in the suburb of Hammond.

Purdue Northwest graduate students pay an average of $11,356 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Engineering Technologies at Purdue University Northwest Report

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Southwest
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Engineering Tech Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Engineering-Related Fields 4,838
Quality Control Technology 736
Industrial Production Technology 440
Engineering Technology (Other) 288
Construction Engineering Technology 264
General Engineering Technology 255
Computer Engineering Technology 179
Drafting & Design Engineering Technology 145
Mechanical Engineering Technology 104
Nanotechnology 98
Energy Systems Technologies 95
Environmental Control Technology 89
Electromechanical Engineering Technology 43
Architectural Engineering Technology 39
Electronics Engineering Technology 39
Engineering-Related Technologies 15

Related Major Annual Graduates
Engineering 61,791
Computer & Information Sciences 60,971
Biological & Biomedical Sciences 28,851
Mathematics & Statistics 15,127
Physical Sciences 12,705

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 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 KUKA Systems GmbH.

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