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Best Value Engineering Technologies Basic Certificate Schools in Washington

2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Basic Certificate Schools in Washington

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$4,284 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Engineering Technologies Basic Certificate School for You

In 2021-2022, engineering technologies students earned 2,537 degrees and certificates from a Washington school, making the subject the 2nd in the state.

It's not easy to decide which trade school program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Trade College Search has created its Best Value Engineering Technologies Basic Certificate Schools in Washington ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in Washington 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Basic Certificate Schools in Washington

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Engineering Technologies Basic Certificate Colleges.

Best Washington Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking Less Than 1 Year in Engineering Technologies

Our 2023 rankings named Bellingham Technical College the best value school in Washington for engineering technologies students working on their basic certificate. Located in the city of Bellingham, Bellingham Vocational Technical Institute is a public school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Bellingham Vocational Technical Institute are $4,095 a year.

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#2

Olympic College

Bremerton, WA

The excellent basic certificate programs at Olympic College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value engineering technologies schools in Washington. OC is a small public school located in the small city of Bremerton.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at OC are $4,472 per year.

OC not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Engineering Technologies Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Washington list.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend International Air and Hospitality Academy. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Basic Certificate Schools in Washington list. Located in the midsize city of Vancouver, International Air and Hospitality Academy is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

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Best Value Engineering Technologies Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Engineering Technologies Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Alaska 112
Hawaii 91
Oregon 592
California 4,871
Nevada 286

Engineering Tech Majors to Study

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
Engineering-Related Fields 6,553
Mechanical Engineering Technology 6,205
Construction Engineering Technology 4,299
General Engineering Technology 3,841
Quality Control Technology 3,720
Computer Engineering Technology 3,509
Engineering Technology (Other) 1,907
Energy Systems Technologies 1,277
Architectural Engineering Technology 1,239
Civil Engineering Technology 1,155
Engineering-Related Technologies 969
Mining & Petroleum Technology 410
Nuclear Engineering Technology 235
Nanotechnology 104

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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