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2023 Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Basic Certificate Schools
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Engineering-Related Fields Basic Certificate School for You
In 2021-2022, 6,553 people earned a degree or certificate in engineering-related fields, making the major the #36 most popular in the United States.
It's not easy to decide which trade school program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Trade College Search has created its Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Basic Certificate Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the United States to see which basic certificate programs offered the best value experiences for engineering-related fields 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. 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.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
2023 Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Basic Certificate Schools in the United States
The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for engineering-related fields majors pursuing a basic certificate.
Best Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking Less Than 1 Year in Engineering-Related Fields
Our 2023 rankings named Grand Valley State University the best value school in the United States for engineering-related fields students working on their basic certificate. GVSU is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Allendale.
GVSU undergraduate students pay an average of $20,198 in tuition and fees each year.
In addition to its great value ranking, GVSU is in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Engineering-Related Fields Basic Certificate Trade Schools list.
Read full report on Engineering-Related Fields at Grand Valley State University
A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis is a great value for engineering-related fields students working on their basic certificate. IUPUI is a very large public school located in the city of Indianapolis.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at IUPUI are $32,582 a year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, IUPUI also did well on our Best Engineering-Related Fields Basic Certificate Trade Schools list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
Full Engineering-Related Fields at Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis Report
Engineering-Related Fields by Region
View the Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Basic Certificate Schools for a specific region near you.
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Majors Related to Engineering-Related Fields
Engineering-Related Fields is one of 18 different types of trade school programs to choose from.
Engineering-Related Fields Concentrations
| Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Industrial & Management Engineering | 5,903 |
| Packaging Science | 378 |
| Other Engineering-Related Fields | 152 |
| Engineering Design | 120 |
Most Popular Majors Related to Engineering-Related Fields
| 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 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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