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2023 Best Value Mechanical Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in Indiana

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$10,191 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Mechanical Engineering Graduate Certificate School for You

With 282 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, mechanical engineering is the #31 most popular major in Indiana.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Mechanical Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in Indiana ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Indiana to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for ME students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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 Mechanical Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in Indiana

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

Best Indiana Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Mechanical Engineering

#1

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

Our analysis found Purdue University - Main Campus to be the best value school for mechanical engineering students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Indiana. Purdue is a very large public school located in the small city of West Lafayette.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Purdue are $9,992 a year.

Purdue not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Mechanical Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in Indiana list.

Full Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University - Main Campus Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Mechanical Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in Indiana list. IUPUI is a fairly large public school located in the city of Indianapolis.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at IUPUI are $10,389 per year.

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Best Value Mechanical Engineering Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value Mechanical Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 592
Illinois 346
Ohio 395
Wisconsin 96

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

Related Major Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering 11,021
Civil Engineering 6,042
Computer Engineering 5,557
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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Michel Villeneuve.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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