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2023 Best Value Engineering-Related Technologies Basic Certificate Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

12 Colleges
$15,670 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Engineering-Related Technologies is the #44 most popular major in the country with 969 degrees and certificates awarded in 2021-2022.

Today's trade school students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Trade College Search has created the Best Value Engineering-Related Technologies Basic Certificate Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 12 schools in the United States to see which basic certificate programs offered the best value experiences for engineering-related tech students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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.

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

#1

Bismarck State College

Bismarck, ND

Our 2023 rankings named Bismarck State College the best value school in the United States for engineering-related technologies students working on their basic certificate. BSC is a small public school located in the small city of Bismarck.

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

BSC not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Engineering-Related Technologies Basic Certificate Trade Schools list.

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#2

Hennepin Technical College

Brooklyn Park, MN

The excellent basic certificate programs at Hennepin Technical College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value engineering-related technologies schools in the United States. 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.

Hennepin Technical College excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Engineering-Related Technologies Basic Certificate Trade Schools list.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Cincinnati State Technical and Community College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Engineering-Related Technologies Basic Certificate Schools list. Cincinnati State is a medium-sized public school located in the large city of Cincinnati.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Cincinnati State are $9,558 per year.

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Out of the 12 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Kennesaw State University landed the # 4 spot on the list. KSU Georgia is a very large public school located in the suburb of Kennesaw.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at KSU Georgia are $17,040 a year.

KSU Georgia excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Engineering-Related Technologies Basic Certificate Trade Schools list.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Eastern Kentucky University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Engineering-Related Technologies Basic Certificate Schools list. Eastern is a large public school located in the town of Richmond.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Eastern are $20,222 per year.

Eastern excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Engineering-Related Technologies Basic Certificate Trade Schools list.

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#6

Saint Cloud State University

Saint Cloud, MN

Saint Cloud State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for engineering-related technologies students to get a basic certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. St. Cloud State University is a large public school located in the small city of Saint Cloud.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at St. Cloud State University are $20,001 a year.

St. Cloud State University excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Engineering-Related Technologies Basic Certificate Trade Schools list.

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Austin Community College District ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Engineering-Related Technologies Basic Certificate Schools list. Located in the large city of Austin, Austin Community College District is a public school with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Austin Community College District are $10,590 per year.

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Dunwoody College of Technology did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for engineering-related technologies students to get a basic certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the large city of Minneapolis, Dunwoody College of Technology is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Dunwoody College of Technology are $24,611 per year.

Dunwoody College of Technology also claimed a spot on our Best Engineering-Related Technologies Basic Certificate Trade Schools list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools in this category.

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Utah Valley University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Engineering-Related Technologies Basic Certificate Schools ranking. Located in the city of Orem, UVU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

UVU undergraduate students pay an average of $17,830 in tuition and fees each year.

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#10

Washtenaw Community College

Ann Arbor, MI

Washtenaw Community College landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value basic certificate engineering-related technologies programs. Washtenaw Community College is a large public school located in the large suburb of Ann Arbor.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Washtenaw Community College are $6,096 per year.

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Engineering-Related Technologies is one of 18 different types of trade school programs to choose from.

Major Annual Graduates
Surveying Technology/Surveying 744
Hydraulics & Fluid Power Technology 178
Other Engineering-Related Technologies 47

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 12 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 Mike1979 Russia.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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