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2023 Best Value Electromechanical Engineering Basic Certificate Schools in Iowa

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$4,922 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Electromechanical Engineering Technology Basic Certificate School for You

Electromechanical Engineering Technology is the #11 most popular major in Iowa with 213 degrees and certificates awarded in 2021-2022.

With all the trade school programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Trade College Search has created the Best Value Electromechanical Engineering Basic Certificate Schools in Iowa to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Iowa to see which basic certificate programs offered the best value experiences for electromechanical engineering tech students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Electromechanical Engineering Technology Basic Certificate Schools in Iowa

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

Best Iowa Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking Less Than 1 Year in Electromechanical Engineering

Our 2023 rankings named Western Iowa Tech Community College the best value school in Iowa for electromechanical engineering technology students working on their basic certificate. Located in the small city of Sioux City, Western Iowa Tech Community College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

Western Iowa Tech Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $4,922 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Western Iowa Tech Community College also made our Best Electromechanical Engineering Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Iowa list, coming in at #3.

Full Electromechanical Engineering Technology at Western Iowa Tech Community College Report

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Des Moines Area Community College is a great value for electromechanical engineering technology students working on their basic certificate. DMACC is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Ankeny.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at DMACC are $5,340 a year.

DMACC did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Electromechanical Engineering Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Iowa list.

Read full report on Electromechanical Engineering Technology at Des Moines Area Community College

Best Value Electromechanical Engineering Technology Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Value Electromechanical Engineering Technology Colleges in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 35
Missouri 252
Minnesota 292
South Dakota 54
North Dakota 35
Nebraska 18

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

Electromechanical Engineering Tech Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Electromechanical Technology/Electromechanical Engineering Technology 2,769
Instrumentation Technology 2,624
Other Electromechanical & Instrumentation & Maintenance Technologies/Technicians 2,016
Biomedical Technology 1,156
Automation Engineer Technology 1,075
Robotics Technology 699
Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering Technology 441

Related Major Annual Graduates
Industrial Production Technology 11,288
Environmental Control Technology 9,376
Drafting & Design Engineering Technology 8,822
Electronics Engineering Technology 8,347
Engineering-Related Fields 6,553

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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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