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2023 Best Value Computer Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$19,488 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Computer Engineering Graduate Certificate School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, computer engineering was ranked #46 in the country. In fact 5,557 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Computer Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in the Plains States Region to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for CE 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.

2023 Best Value Computer Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region

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

Best Plains States Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Computer Engineering

Our 2023 rankings named North Dakota State University - Main Campus the best value school in the Plains States Region for computer engineering students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Fargo, North Dakota State University is a public college with a fairly large student population.

North Dakota State University graduate students pay an average of $12,028 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Computer Engineering at North Dakota State University - Main Campus Report

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Iowa State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value computer engineering schools in the Plains States Region . Iowa State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Ames.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Iowa State are $26,948 per year.

Full Computer Engineering at Iowa State University Report

Best Computer Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best computer engineering colleges for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 27
Minnesota 14
Iowa 71
Kansas 1
North Dakota 20

One of 39 majors within the area of study, computer engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to CE

Related Major Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering 11,021
Mechanical Engineering 9,007
Civil Engineering 6,042
Biomedical Engineering 4,252
General Engineering 3,548

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 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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