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2023 Best Value General Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

14 Colleges
$28,161 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best General Engineering Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 3,548 people earned a degree or certificate in general engineering, making the major the #64 most popular in the United States.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Best Value General Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 14 schools in the United States to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for engineering 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. 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.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

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

Check out the engineering graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Top 10 Best General Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Minnesota State University - Mankato the best value school in the United States for general engineering students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the small city of Mankato, Minnesota State Mankato is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Minnesota State Mankato are $9,308 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Minnesota State Mankato is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best General Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools list.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value General Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools list. UNL is a very large public school located in the city of Lincoln.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNL are $19,541 per year.

UNL excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 5% of all schools on our Best General Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools list.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Texas A&M University - College Station is a great value for general engineering students working on their graduate certificate. Texas A&M College Station is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of College Station.

Texas A&M College Station graduate students pay an average of $24,106 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Texas A&M College Station is in the top 5% of all schools on our Best General Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools list.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Austin. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value General Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the large city of Austin, UT Austin is a public college with a very large student population.

UT Austin graduate students pay an average of $22,944 in tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UT Austin also is in the top 10% of our Best General Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools ranking.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Michigan Technological University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value General Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools list. Michigan Tech is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Houghton.

Michigan Tech graduate students pay an average of $22,981 in tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Michigan Tech also is in the top 5% of our Best General Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools ranking.

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#6

Villanova University

Villanova, PA

With a ranking of #6, Villanova University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for general engineering students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large suburb of Villanova, Villanova is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Villanova graduate students pay an average of $21,199 in tuition and fees each year.

Villanova excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 5% of all schools on our Best General Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools list.

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Ohio University - Athens Campus ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value General Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the town of Athens, OHIO Athens is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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

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South Dakota School of Mines and Technology did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for general engineering students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the small city of Rapid City, SD Mines is a public college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at SD Mines are $20,116 a year.

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University of Maryland - College Park did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for general engineering students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #9 on the list. UMCP is a very large public school located in the large suburb of College Park.

UMCP graduate students pay an average of $35,755 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, UMCP is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best General Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools list.

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#10

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA

With a ranking of #10, University of Iowa did quite well on this year’s best value schools for general engineering students working on their graduate certificate. Iowa is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Iowa City.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Iowa are $31,012 a year.

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

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General Engineering by Region

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

General Engineering is one of 39 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering 11,021
Mechanical Engineering 9,007
Civil Engineering 6,042
Computer Engineering 5,557
Biomedical Engineering 4,252

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 14 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 Rémi Kaupp.

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