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2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

11 Colleges
$22,630 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$73,134 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Engineering Technologies Graduate Certificate School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, engineering technologies was ranked #20 in the country. In fact 7,672 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

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, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Engineering Technologies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 11 schools in the Great Lakes Region 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.

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.

2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Engineering Technologies Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Top 10 Best Engineering Technologies Graduate Certificate Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Illinois State University the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for engineering technologies students working on their graduate certificate. Illinois State is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Normal.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Illinois State are $11,773 a year.

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Out of the 11 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Bowling Green State University - Main Campus landed the # 2 spot on the list. BGSU is a large public school located in the town of Bowling Green.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at BGSU are $15,823 per year.

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#3

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

Out of the 11 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Purdue University - Main Campus landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of West Lafayette, Purdue is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Purdue graduate students pay an average of $28,794 in tuition and fees each year.

Purdue excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Engineering Technologies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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#4

Indiana State University

Terre Haute, IN

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Indiana State University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Technologies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Indiana State is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Terre Haute.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Indiana State are $15,562 per year.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Purdue University Northwest helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value engineering technologies schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the large suburb of Hammond, Purdue Northwest is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

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

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Michigan Technological University 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 #6 on the list. Michigan Tech is a medium-sized public school located in the remote town of Houghton.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Michigan Tech are $22,981 a year.

Michigan Tech also made our Best Engineering Technologies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list, coming in at #2.

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#7

University of Dayton

Dayton, OH

With a ranking of #7, University of Dayton did quite well on this year’s best value schools for engineering technologies students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the midsize city of Dayton, UDayton is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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

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Ohio University - Athens Campus landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate engineering technologies programs. Located in the distant town of Athens, OHIO Athens is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at OHIO Athens are $17,712 a year.

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#9

Eastern Illinois University

Charleston, IL

With a ranking of #9, Eastern Illinois University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for engineering technologies students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the town of Charleston, EIU is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

EIU graduate students pay an average of $21,407 in tuition and fees each year.

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#10

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

Northwestern University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Engineering Technologies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

Northwestern graduate students pay an average of $56,567 in tuition and fees each year.

Northwestern did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Engineering Technologies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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Best Engineering Technologies Colleges by State

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State Degrees Awarded
Illinois 498
Indiana 346
Ohio 317
Wisconsin 8
Michigan 328

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

Majors Similar to Engineering Tech

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 11 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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