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2023 Best Value Mechanical Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in New York

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$33,656 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Mechanical Engineering Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 785 degrees and certificates were awarded to mechanical engineering students who went to a New York college or university. This makes it the #30 most popular major in the state.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one 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 Mechanical Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in New York ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in New York to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for ME students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Mechanical Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in New York

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

Best New York Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Mechanical Engineering

#1

University at Buffalo

Buffalo, NY

Our 2023 rankings named University at Buffalo the best value school in New York for mechanical engineering students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large suburb of Buffalo, University at Buffalo is a public school with a very large student population.

University at Buffalo graduate students pay an average of $14,388 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Mechanical Engineering at University at Buffalo Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Columbia University in the City of New York. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Mechanical Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in New York list. Located in the large city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Columbia are $52,924 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Columbia is ranked #3 for overall quality for ME in New York.

Read full report on Mechanical Engineering at Columbia University in the City of New York

Best Value Mechanical Engineering Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 500
Maryland 213
New Jersey 219
District of Columbia 55
Delaware 21

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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