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2023 Best Value Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

13 Colleges
$20,553 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$80,505 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Engineering Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 61,791 engineering students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #4 most popular in the country.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 13 schools in the Southwest Region 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.

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 Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

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

Top 10 Best Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools

Our analysis found Arizona State University - Skysong to be the best value school for engineering students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Southwest Region . Located in the midsize city of Scottsdale, ASU - Skysong is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at ASU - Skysong are $9,982 a year.

ASU - Skysong not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Texas A&M University - College Station helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value engineering schools in the Southwest Region . Texas A&M College Station is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of College Station.

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

Texas A&M College Station also made our Best Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list, coming in at #1.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Austin. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the large city of Austin, UT Austin is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UT Austin are $22,944 a year.

UT Austin also made our Best Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list, coming in at #3.

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#4

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

Out of the 13 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Tech University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Lubbock, Texas Tech is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Texas Tech are $17,698 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Texas Tech also did well on our Best Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Full Engineering at Texas Tech University Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Oklahoma Norman Campus. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. University of Oklahoma is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Norman.

University of Oklahoma graduate students pay an average of $23,876 in tuition and fees each year.

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New Mexico State University - Main Campus came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. NMSU Main Campus is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Las Cruces.

NMSU Main Campus graduate students pay an average of $18,275 in tuition and fees each year.

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Texas A&M University - Kingsville landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate engineering programs. Texas A&M Kingsville is a moderately-sized public school located in the distant town of Kingsville.

Texas A&M Kingsville graduate students pay an average of $14,344 in tuition and fees each year.

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#8

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

University of Arizona did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for engineering students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. University of Arizona is a fairly large public school located in the city of Tucson.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at University of Arizona are $33,644 per year.

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University of North Texas came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. UNT is a very large public school located in the city of Denton.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNT are $15,600 per year.

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Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate engineering programs. Located in the medium-sized city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public school with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at ASU - Tempe are $24,432 per year.

Full Engineering at Arizona State University - Tempe Report

Best Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best engineering colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 1,548
Texas 4,468
Oklahoma 481
New Mexico 359

Engineering Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering 11,021
Mechanical Engineering 9,007
Civil Engineering 6,042
Computer Engineering 5,557
Biomedical Engineering 4,252
General Engineering 3,548
Systems Engineering 3,068
Industrial Engineering 3,028
Chemical Engineering 2,662
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering 2,375
Other Engineering 1,820
Materials Engineering 1,810
Operations Research 1,191
Electrical and Computer Engineering. 928
Environmental Engineering 919
Robotics Engineering 560
Engineering Science 451
Nuclear Engineering 437
Manufacturing Engineering 423
Petroleum Engineering 401
Agricultural Engineering 332
Construction Engineering 288
Engineering Physics 286
Architectural Engineering 243
Geoscience Engineering 173
Polymer & Plastics Engineering 167
Engineering Mechanics 144
Mining Engineering 132
Ocean Engineering 112
Textile Engineering 96
Biological Engineering 80
Energy Systems Engineering 79
Marine Engineering 44
Metallurgical Engineering 40
Biochemical Engineering 21
Ceramic Engineering 20
Electromechanical Engineering 16
Surveying Engineering 11
Paper Science & Engineering 7

Related Major Annual Graduates
Computer & Information Sciences 60,971
Biological & Biomedical Sciences 28,851
Mathematics & Statistics 15,127
Physical Sciences 12,705
Engineering Technologies 7,672

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 13 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 Petty Officer 3rd Class Declan Barnes.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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