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2023 Best Value Engineering-Related Technologies Basic Certificate Schools in Minnesota

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$13,536 Avg Tuition & Fees*

In 2021-2022, 120 degrees and certificates were awarded to engineering-related technologies students who went to a Minnesota college or university. This makes it the #22 most popular major in the state.

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 Engineering-Related Technologies Basic Certificate Schools in Minnesota ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Minnesota 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.

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.

Check out the engineering-related tech basic certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

#1

Hennepin Technical College

Brooklyn Park, MN

Our 2023 rankings named Hennepin Technical College the best value school in Minnesota for engineering-related technologies students working on their basic certificate. Located in the large suburb of Brooklyn Park, Hennepin Technical College is a public school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Hennepin Technical College are $5,881 a year.

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#2

Saint Cloud State University

Saint Cloud, MN

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Saint Cloud State University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Engineering-Related Technologies Basic Certificate Schools in Minnesota list. Located in the city of Saint Cloud, St. Cloud State University is a public college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at St. Cloud State University are $10,117 a year.

Full Engineering-Related Technologies at Saint Cloud State University Report

The excellent basic certificate programs at Dunwoody College of Technology helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value engineering-related technologies schools in Minnesota. Dunwoody College of Technology is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Minneapolis.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Dunwoody College of Technology are $24,611 a year.

Dunwoody College of Technology did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Engineering-Related Technologies Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Minnesota list.

Read full report on Engineering-Related Technologies at Dunwoody College of Technology

Explore all the Best Value Engineering-Related Technologies Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 0
Missouri 4
South Dakota 9
Iowa 2
North Dakota 13
Nebraska 4

One of 18 majors within the trade school area of study, engineering-related technologies has other similar majors worth exploring.

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 3 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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