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Best Value General Engineering Technology Basic Certificate Schools in Tennessee

2023 Best Value General Engineering Technology Basic Certificate Schools in Tennessee

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$4,443 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best General Engineering Technology Basic Certificate School for You

With 571 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, general engineering technology is the #11 most popular major in Tennessee.

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. 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.

The Best Value General Engineering Technology Basic Certificate Schools in Tennessee ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 2 schools in Tennessee to see which ones offered the best value basic certificate programs for engineering tech students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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 Tennessee

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

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

Our analysis found Pellissippi State Community College to be the best value school for general engineering technology students who want to pursue a basic certificate in Tennessee. Located in the large suburb of Knoxville, Pellissippi State Community College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Pellissippi State Community College are $4,456 a year.

Full General Engineering Technology at Pellissippi State Community College Report

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

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Chattanooga State Community College are $4,430 a year.

Full General Engineering Technology at Chattanooga State Community College Report

Best Value General Engineering Technology Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value General Engineering Technology Colleges 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
Virginia 98
Louisiana 60
West Virginia 5
Alabama 306
Kentucky 81
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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