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Best Value Mechanical Engineering Basic Certificate Schools in Virginia

2023 Best Value Mechanical Engineering Basic Certificate Schools in Virginia

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

1 College
$5,561 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Mechanical Engineering Technology Basic Certificate School for You

Mechanical Engineering Technology is the #20 most popular major in Virginia with 214 degrees and certificates awarded in 2021-2022.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which trade school program is right 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 Mechanical Engineering Basic Certificate Schools in Virginia ranking.

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. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

The following school tops our list of the Best Value Mechanical Engineering Technology Basic Certificate Colleges.

Best Mechanical Engineering Technology Basic Certificate School

Our 2023 rankings named Tidewater Community College the best value school in Virginia for mechanical engineering technology students working on their basic certificate. Located in the medium-sized city of Norfolk, Tidewater Community College is a public school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Tidewater Community College are $5,561 a year.

Read full report on Mechanical Engineering Technology at Tidewater Community College

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
Florida 297
Louisiana 80
West Virginia 122
Tennessee 26
Alabama 70
Mississippi 0

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

ME Tech Concentrations

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 values are for the top school 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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