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2023 Best Value Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$20,321 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$45,799 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Energy Systems Technologies School for You

In 2020-2021, 1,161 people earned a degree or certificate in energy systems technologies, making the major the #42 most popular in the United States.

Today's trade school students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent.

The Best Value Schools ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 3 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best value programs for energy systems technologies 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 Energy Systems Technologies Schools in the United States

Check out the energy systems technologies programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Schools for Affordable Quality in

#1

Excelsior University

Albany, NY

Our analysis found Excelsior University to be the best value school for energy systems technologies students who want to pursue a degree in the United States. Excelsior University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Albany.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Excelsior University also did well on our Best Trade Schools list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Schools list. OSU Institute of Technology is a small public school located in the distant town of Okmulgee.

OSU Institute of Technology undergraduate students pay an average of $11,384 in tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Energy Systems Technologies at Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology

#3

Maine Maritime Academy

Castine, ME
$29,258 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Maine Maritime Academy. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Schools list. Located in the rural area of Castine, Maine Maritime is a public school with a fairly small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Maine Maritime are $29,258 per year.

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Energy Systems Technologies by Region

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Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

One of 18 majors within the trade school area of study, energy systems technologies has other similar majors worth exploring.

Energy Systems Technologies Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Power Plant Technology 101
Wind Energy Technology 13
Geothermal Energy Technology 1

Majors Similar to Energy Systems Technologies

Related Major Annual Graduates
Industrial Production Technology 11,466
Electromechanical Engineering Technology 10,550
Drafting & Design Engineering Technology 8,819
Environmental Control Technology 8,601
Electronics Engineering Technology 8,553

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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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