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Best Value Electronics Engineering Basic Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region

2023 Best Value Electronics Engineering Basic Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$14,133 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Electronics Engineering Technology Basic Certificate School for You

Electronics Engineering Technology is the #23 most popular major in the country with 8,347 degrees and certificates awarded in 2021-2022.

Today's trade school students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

The Best Value Electronics Engineering Basic Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 5 schools in the Plains States Region to see which ones offered the best value basic certificate programs for ee tech students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Electronics Engineering Technology Basic Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Electronics Engineering Technology Basic Certificate Colleges.

Best Plains States Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking Less Than 1 Year in Electronics Engineering

#1

Bismarck State College

Bismarck, ND

Our 2023 rankings named Bismarck State College the best value school in the Plains States Region for electronics engineering technology students working on their basic certificate. BSC is a small public school located in the city of Bismarck.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at BSC are $7,227 a year.

BSC also took the #1 spot in our Best Electronics Engineering Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Plains States Region rankings.

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#2

Hennepin Technical College

Brooklyn Park, MN

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Hennepin Technical College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Electronics Engineering Basic Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Hennepin Technical College is a small public school located in the large suburb of Brooklyn Park.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Hennepin Technical College are $5,881 per year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Minnesota State University - Mankato. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Electronics Engineering Basic Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Minnesota State Mankato is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Mankato.

Minnesota State Mankato undergraduate students pay an average of $18,814 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 Dunwoody College of Technology. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Electronics Engineering Basic Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the city of Minneapolis, Dunwoody College of Technology is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Dunwoody College of Technology undergraduate students pay an average of $24,611 in tuition and fees each year.

Dunwoody College of Technology also claimed a spot on our Best Electronics Engineering Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Plains States Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Des Moines Area Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Electronics Engineering Basic Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the suburb of Ankeny, DMACC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at DMACC are $10,680 per year.

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Best Electronics Engineering Technology Colleges by State

Explore the best electronics engineering technology colleges for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 196
Missouri 130
Minnesota 102
South Dakota 32
Iowa 228
North Dakota 189
Nebraska 65

Electronics Engineering Technology is one of 18 different types of trade school programs to choose from.

EE Tech Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Electrical, Electronic & Communications Engineering Technology 6,211
Other Electrical & Electronic Engineering Technologies 1,422
Telecommunications Technology 451
Laser & Optical Technology 182
Audio Engineering Technology 81

Majors Similar to EE Tech

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
Engineering-Related Fields 6,553

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 5 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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