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Best Value Mechanical Engineering Basic Certificate Schools in Florida

2023 Best Value Mechanical Engineering Basic Certificate Schools in Florida

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$2,895 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Mechanical Engineering Technology Basic Certificate School for You

Mechanical Engineering Technology is the #26 most popular major in Florida with 297 degrees and certificates awarded in 2021-2022.

Today's trade school students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Trade College Search has developed this Best Value Mechanical Engineering Basic Certificate Schools in Florida ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Florida to see which basic certificate programs offered the best value experiences for me 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.

2023 Best Value Mechanical Engineering Technology Basic Certificate Schools in Florida

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

Best Florida Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking Less Than 1 Year in Mechanical Engineering

Our 2023 rankings named Eastern Florida State College the best value school in Florida for mechanical engineering technology students working on their basic certificate. Located in the city of Melbourne, EFSC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at EFSC are $2,791 per year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Seminole State College of Florida. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Mechanical Engineering Basic Certificate Schools in Florida list. Seminole State is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Sanford.

Seminole State undergraduate students pay an average of $3,131 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#3

Indian River State College

Fort Pierce, FL

The excellent basic certificate programs at Indian River State College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value mechanical engineering technology schools in Florida. Located in the suburb of Fort Pierce, Indian River State College is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Indian River State College are $2,764 per year.

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Best Value Mechanical Engineering Technology Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
South Carolina 46
Georgia 67
Arkansas 36
North Carolina 406
Virginia 214
Louisiana 80
West Virginia 122
Tennessee 26
Alabama 70
Mississippi 0

Mechanical Engineering Technology is one of 18 different types of trade school programs to choose from.

ME Tech Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology 3,490
Aeronautical/Aerospace Engineering Technology 1,074
Automotive Engineering Technology 1,062
Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies, Other 473
Marine Engineering Technology 106

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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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