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Best Value Engineering Technologies Basic Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Basic Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

7 Colleges
$21,290 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Engineering Technologies Basic Certificate School for You

In 2021-2022, 84,036 engineering technologies students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #4 most popular in the country.

It's not easy to decide which trade school program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house.

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 the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 7 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region 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.

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 the Rocky Mountains Region

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

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

Our 2023 rankings named College of Western Idaho the best value school in the Rocky Mountains Region for engineering technologies students working on their basic certificate. Located in the rural area of Nampa, CWI is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at CWI are $7,344 a year.

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#2

Front Range Community College

Westminster, CO

The excellent basic certificate programs at Front Range Community College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value engineering technologies schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . FRCC is a large public school located in the suburb of Westminster.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at FRCC are $15,776 per year.

FRCC excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Engineering Technologies Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.

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The excellent basic certificate programs at Weber State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value engineering technologies schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the city of Ogden, WSU is a public college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at WSU are $17,084 per year.

WSU not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Engineering Technologies Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.

Read full report on Engineering Technologies at Weber State University

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Utah Valley University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Technologies Basic Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the city of Orem, UVU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UVU are $17,830 a year.

Full Engineering Technologies at Utah Valley University Report

#5

Idaho State University

Pocatello, ID

Out of the 7 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Idaho State University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Pocatello, ISU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at ISU are $25,936 a year.

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Metropolitan State University of Denver landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value basic certificate engineering technologies programs. Located in the large city of Denver, MSU Denver is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at MSU Denver are $28,092 per year.

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#7

Colorado Mesa University

Grand Junction, CO

Colorado Mesa University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Engineering Technologies Basic Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Colorado Mesa is a moderately-sized public school located in the small city of Grand Junction.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Colorado Mesa are $23,019 per year.

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Best Engineering Technologies Colleges by State

Explore the best engineering technologies colleges for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Wyoming 60
Colorado 1,326
Utah 729
Montana 160
Idaho 551

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 7 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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