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Best Value General Engineering Technology Basic Certificate Schools in Alabama

2023 Best Value General Engineering Technology Basic Certificate Schools in Alabama

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$5,070 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best General Engineering Technology Basic Certificate School for You

With 306 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, general engineering technology is the #13 most popular major in Alabama.

There are so many trade school programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Trade College Search has created its Best Value General Engineering Technology Basic Certificate Schools in Alabama ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Alabama to see which basic certificate programs offered the best value experiences for engineering tech students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

2023 Best Value General Engineering Technology Basic Certificate Schools in Alabama

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

Best Alabama Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking Less Than 1 Year in General Engineering Technology

Our analysis found Jefferson State Community College to be the best value school for general engineering technology students who want to pursue a basic certificate in Alabama. Located in the medium-sized city of Birmingham, Jeff State is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

Jeff State undergraduate students pay an average of $5,220 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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The excellent basic certificate programs at Wallace State Community College, Hanceville helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value general engineering technology schools in Alabama. Located in the distant town of Hanceville, Wallace State, Hanceville is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Wallace State, Hanceville are $4,920 per year.

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Best Value General Engineering Technology Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value General Engineering Technology Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
South Carolina 17
Georgia 141
Arkansas 19
North Carolina 225
Florida 611
Louisiana 60
West Virginia 5
Virginia 98
Kentucky 81
Tennessee 571
Mississippi 237

One of 18 majors within the trade school area of study, general engineering technology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Engineering Tech Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Engineering Technology 3,685
Applied Engineering Technologies 156

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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to KUKA Systems GmbH.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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