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2023 Best Value Systems Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$25,960 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Systems Engineering Graduate Certificate School for You

Systems Engineering is the #69 most popular major in the country with 3,068 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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 Systems Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 3 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for systems engineering students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Systems Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

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

Best Southwest Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Systems Engineering

Our analysis found New Mexico State University - Main Campus to be the best value school for systems engineering students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Southwest Region . NMSU Main Campus is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Las Cruces.

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

Read full report on Systems Engineering at New Mexico State University - Main Campus

#2

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Arizona. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Systems Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. University of Arizona is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Tucson.

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

Full Systems Engineering at University of Arizona Report

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means The University of Texas at Dallas is a great value for systems engineering students working on their graduate certificate. UT Dallas is a fairly large public school located in the city of Richardson.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UT Dallas are $29,252 per year.

Full Systems Engineering at The University of Texas at Dallas Report

Best Systems Engineering Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 195
Arizona 27
New Mexico 5

Systems 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 3 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).
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