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Best Value Mechanical Engineering Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Iowa

2023 Best Value Mechanical Engineering Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Iowa

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$4,922 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$41,217 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Mechanical Engineering Technology Undergraduate Certificate School for You

Mechanical Engineering Technology is the #33 most popular major in Iowa with 14 degrees and certificates awarded in 2021-2022.

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're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent.

The Best Value Mechanical Engineering Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Iowa ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision.

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.

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

Best Mechanical Engineering Technology Undergraduate Certificate School

Our 2023 rankings named Western Iowa Tech Community College the best value school in Iowa for mechanical engineering technology students working on their undergraduate certificate. Western Iowa Tech Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Sioux City.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Western Iowa Tech Community College are $4,922 a year.

Full Mechanical Engineering Technology at Western Iowa Tech Community College Report

Best Value Mechanical Engineering Technology Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 119
Missouri 75
Minnesota 26
South Dakota 12

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 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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