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Best Value Engineering Technologies Basic Certificate Schools in Wisconsin

2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Basic Certificate Schools in Wisconsin

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$4,685 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Engineering Technologies Basic Certificate School for You

Engineering Technologies is one of the most popular subjects to study in Wisconsin. With 1,491 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, it ranked 5th out of all the majors we track in the state.

Today's trade school students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 Engineering Technologies Basic Certificate Schools in Wisconsin ranking. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Wisconsin to see which basic certificate programs offered the best value experiences for engineering 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 Engineering Technologies Basic Certificate Schools in Wisconsin

Check out the engineering tech basic certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

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

Our 2023 rankings named Chippewa Valley Technical College the best value school in Wisconsin for engineering technologies students working on their basic certificate. Located in the small city of Eau Claire, CVTC is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

CVTC undergraduate students pay an average of $4,642 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

CVTC also took the #4 spot in our Best Engineering Technologies Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Wisconsin rankings.

Full Engineering Technologies at Chippewa Valley Technical College Report

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Southwest Wisconsin Technical College is a great value for engineering technologies students working on their basic certificate. Southwest Tech is a small public school located in the rural area of Fennimore.

Southwest Tech undergraduate students pay an average of $4,571 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Engineering Technologies at Southwest Wisconsin Technical College Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Fox Valley Technical College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Technologies Basic Certificate Schools in Wisconsin list. FVTC is a large public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Appleton.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at FVTC are $4,826 a year.

FVTC did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Engineering Technologies Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Wisconsin list.

Read full report on Engineering Technologies at Fox Valley Technical College

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Waukesha County Technical College is a great value for engineering technologies students working on their basic certificate. Located in the suburb of Pewaukee, WCTC is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at WCTC are $4,571 per year.

Full Engineering Technologies at Waukesha County Technical College Report

The excellent basic certificate programs at Northeast Wisconsin Technical College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value engineering technologies schools in Wisconsin. NWTC is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Green Bay.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at NWTC are $4,814 per year.

Read full report on Engineering Technologies at Northeast Wisconsin Technical College

Best Value Engineering Technologies Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value Engineering Technologies Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Indiana 2,683
Michigan 2,800
Ohio 4,134
Illinois 2,110

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 5 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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