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2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
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're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent.
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 Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 17 schools in the Southwest 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.
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2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Value Engineering Technologies Basic Certificate Colleges.
Top 10 Best Engineering Technologies Basic Certificate Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Panola College the best value school in the Southwest Region for engineering technologies students working on their basic certificate. Located in the distant town of Carthage, Panola College is a public school with a small student population.
Panola College undergraduate students pay an average of $4,896 in tuition and fees each year.
Panola College also took the #1 spot in our Best Engineering Technologies Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Southwest Region rankings.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Lee College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Technologies Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of Baytown, Lee College is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Lee College are $4,302 per year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Lee College also is in the top 10% of our Best Engineering Technologies Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Southwest Region ranking.
Out of the 17 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Victoria College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Victoria College is a small public school located in the small city of Victoria.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Victoria College are $5,112 per year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Victoria College also did well on our Best Engineering Technologies Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Southwest Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Tyler Junior College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Technologies Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of Tyler, Tyler Junior College is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Tyler Junior College undergraduate students pay an average of $4,440 in tuition and fees each year.
Full Engineering Technologies at Tyler Junior College Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Amarillo College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Amarillo College is a medium-sized public school located in the medium-sized city of Amarillo.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Amarillo College are $4,704 per year.
San Jacinto Community College ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Technologies Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the suburb of Pasadena, San Jacinto College is a public college with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at San Jacinto College are $5,040 a year.
Full Engineering Technologies at San Jacinto Community College Report
Del Mar College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for engineering technologies students to get a basic certificate. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the large city of Corpus Christi, DMC is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at DMC are $5,990 per year.
Lone Star College System ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Technologies Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. North Harris Montgomery is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of The Woodlands.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at North Harris Montgomery are $6,456 per year.
North Harris Montgomery 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 Southwest Region list.
Full Engineering Technologies at Lone Star College System Report
Laredo College ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Technologies Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Laredo College is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Laredo.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Laredo College are $5,748 per year.
Houston Community College came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Engineering Technologies Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Houston Community College is a fairly large public school located in the city of Houston.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Houston Community College are $5,460 per year.
Best Engineering Technologies Colleges by State
Explore the best engineering technologies colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Arizona | 835 |
| Texas | 7,691 |
| New Mexico | 654 |
| Oklahoma | 1,185 |
Majors Related to Engineering Tech
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 17 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.
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