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Best Value Computer Engineering Basic Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

2023 Best Value Computer Engineering Basic Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$8,365 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Computer Engineering Technology Basic Certificate School for You

Computer Engineering Technology is the #29 most popular major in the country with 3,509 degrees and certificates awarded in 2021-2022.

There are so many trade school programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent.

The Best Value Computer Engineering Basic Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 6 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best value basic certificate programs for computer engineering tech 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. 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 Computer Engineering Technology Basic Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for computer engineering tech majors pursuing a basic certificate.

Best Great Lakes Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking Less Than 1 Year in Computer Engineering

Our 2023 rankings named Lorain County Community College the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for computer engineering technology students working on their basic certificate. Located in the small city of Elyria, LCCC is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

LCCC undergraduate students pay an average of $8,601 in tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Cuyahoga Community College District. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Computer Engineering Basic Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the city of Cleveland, Cuyahoga Community College District is a public school with a large student population.

Cuyahoga Community College District undergraduate students pay an average of $8,736 in tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Sinclair Community College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Computer Engineering Basic Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Sinclair Community College is a large public school located in the midsize city of Dayton.

Sinclair Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $8,316 in tuition and fees each year.

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#4

Stark State College

North Canton, OH

The excellent basic certificate programs at Stark State College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value computer engineering technology schools in the Great Lakes Region . Stark State College is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of North Canton.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Stark State College are $7,644 per year.

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#5

Zane State College

Zanesville, OH

The excellent basic certificate programs at Zane State College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value computer engineering technology schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the town of Zanesville, Zane State College is a public school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Zane State College are $11,166 a year.

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Washtenaw Community College landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value basic certificate computer engineering technology programs. Washtenaw Community College is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Ann Arbor.

Washtenaw Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $6,096 in tuition and fees each year.

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Best Computer Engineering Technology Colleges by State

Explore the best computer engineering technology schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 53
Indiana 61
Wisconsin 11
Ohio 355
Illinois 250

One of 18 majors within the trade school area of study, computer engineering technology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Computer Engineering Tech Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Computer Technology/Computer Systems Technology 1,764
Computer Engineering Technology 1,229
Other Computer Engineering Technologies 306
Computer Software Technology 190
Computer Hardware Technology 20

Related Major Annual Graduates
Industrial Production Technology 11,288
Electromechanical Engineering Technology 10,780
Environmental Control Technology 9,376
Drafting & Design Engineering Technology 8,822
Electronics Engineering Technology 8,347

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 6 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 AAAndrey A.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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