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Best Value Engineering Technologies Basic Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Basic Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

5 Colleges
$17,340 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Engineering Technologies Basic Certificate School for You

With 84,036 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, engineering technologies is the #4 most popular major in the United States.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for trade school students. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Trade College Search has created the Best Value Engineering Technologies Basic Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 5 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region 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.

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. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Basic Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

Best Middle Atlantic Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking Less Than 1 Year in Engineering Technologies

#2

Lackawanna College

Scranton, PA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lackawanna College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Basic Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the small city of Scranton, Lackawanna College is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Lackawanna College are $17,340 per year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science and Technology. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Basic Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. CPI is a fairly small public school located in the rural area of Pleasant Gap.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Monroe 2 Orleans BOCES-Center for Workforce Development is a great value for engineering technologies students working on their basic certificate. Located in the suburb of Rochester, BOCES 2 CWD is a public college with a fairly small student population.

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The excellent basic certificate programs at Electrical Training Center helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value engineering technologies schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Located in the suburb of Copiague, Electrical Training Center is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

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Best Engineering Technologies Colleges by State

Explore the best engineering technologies colleges for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.

State Degrees Awarded
New Jersey 1,136
Maryland 458
Delaware 106
Pennsylvania 1,913
New York 3,694
District of Columbia 38

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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