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Best Value Engineering Technologies Basic Certificate Schools in Massachusetts

2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Basic Certificate Schools in Massachusetts

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$8,994 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Engineering Technologies Basic Certificate School for You

In 2021-2022, engineering technologies students earned 569 degrees and certificates from a Massachusetts school, making the subject the 4th 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.

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 Massachusetts to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 3 schools in Massachusetts 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.

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.

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

Our analysis found Springfield Technical Community College to be the best value school for engineering technologies students who want to pursue a basic certificate in Massachusetts. Located in the midsize city of Springfield, STCC is a public college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at STCC are $5,520 per year.

STCC not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Engineering Technologies Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Massachusetts list.

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#2

Bristol Community College

Fall River, MA

Out of the 3 schools in Massachusetts that were part of this year’s ranking, Bristol Community College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Bristol is a medium-sized public school located in the large suburb of Fall River.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Bristol are $5,280 a year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Massachusetts - Lowell. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Technologies Basic Certificate Schools in Massachusetts list. UMass Lowell is a large public school located in the suburb of Lowell.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UMass Lowell are $16,182 per year.

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Best Value Engineering Technologies Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Value Engineering Technologies Schools in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New Hampshire 227
Connecticut 676
Maine 273
Rhode Island 181
Vermont 80

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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