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Best Value Electromechanical Engineering Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

2023 Best Value Electromechanical Engineering Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

10 Colleges
$7,359 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$45,718 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Electromechanical Engineering Technology Undergraduate Certificate School for You

Electromechanical Engineering Technology is the #18 most popular major in the country with 10,780 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 can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Trade College Search has created its Best Value Electromechanical Engineering Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 10 schools in the Southwest Region to see which undergraduate 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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Electromechanical Engineering Technology Undergraduate Certificate Colleges.

Top 10 Best Electromechanical Engineering Technology Undergraduate Certificate Schools

#1

Lee College

Baytown, TX

Our 2023 rankings named Lee College the best value school in the Southwest Region for electromechanical engineering technology students working on their undergraduate certificate. Lee College is a moderately-sized public school located in the small city of Baytown.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Lee College are $4,302 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Lee College is ranked #4 for overall quality for electromechanical engineering tech in the Southwest Region .

Full Electromechanical Engineering Technology at Lee College Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Jacinto Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Electromechanical Engineering Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. San Jacinto College is a very large public school located in the suburb of Pasadena.

San Jacinto College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,040 in tuition and fees each year.

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#3

Amarillo College

Amarillo, TX

The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Amarillo College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value electromechanical engineering technology schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the city of Amarillo, Amarillo College is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Amarillo College are $4,704 a year. The average amount in student loans that electromechanical engineering tech majors at Amarillo College take out while working on their Undergraduate Certificate is $18,463.

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#4

San Juan College

Farmington, NM

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Juan College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Electromechanical Engineering Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. SJC is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Farmington.

SJC undergraduate students pay an average of $4,882 in tuition and fees each year.

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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Texas State Technical College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value electromechanical engineering technology schools in the Southwest Region . TSTC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Waco.

TSTC undergraduate students pay an average of $11,094 in tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that electromechanical engineering tech majors at TSTC take out while working on their Undergraduate Certificate is $9,046.

TSTC also made our Best Electromechanical Engineering Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in the Southwest Region list, coming in at #2.

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Lamar Institute of Technology came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Electromechanical Engineering Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Lamar Institute of Technology is a small public school located in the medium-sized city of Beaumont.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Lamar Institute of Technology are $12,636 per year.

Full Electromechanical Engineering Technology at Lamar Institute of Technology Report

#7

Kilgore College

Kilgore, TX

Kilgore College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Electromechanical Engineering Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the fringe town of Kilgore, Kilgore College is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Kilgore College are $5,256 per year.

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#8

St Philip's College

San Antonio, TX

St Philip’s College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for electromechanical engineering technology students to get a undergraduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. St Philip's College is a fairly large public school located in the city of San Antonio.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at St Philip’s College are $14,272 a year.

Full Electromechanical Engineering Technology at St Philip’s College Report

Houston Community College landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value undergraduate certificate electromechanical engineering technology programs. Located in the city of Houston, Houston Community College is a public college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Houston Community College are $5,460 per year.

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#10

The Refrigeration School

Phoenix, AZ

The Refrigeration School did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for electromechanical engineering technology students to get a undergraduate certificate. It came in at #10 on the list. RSI is a small private for-profit school located in the city of Phoenix.

After completing their Undergraduate Certificate, electromechanical engineering tech graduates from RSI carry an average student debtload of $11,312. The average monthly payment of a loan this size is about $115, assuming that the borrower is on a 10-year repayment plan.

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Best Electromechanical Engineering Technology Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 312
Texas 1,366
Oklahoma 145
New Mexico 367

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 10 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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