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Best Value Engineering Technologies Basic Certificate Schools in Missouri

2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Basic Certificate Schools in Missouri

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$13,185 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 Missouri. With 1,641 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, it ranked 2nd out of all the majors we track in the state.

With all the trade school programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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.

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 Missouri ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Missouri 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Basic Certificate Schools in Missouri

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

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

Our 2023 rankings named University of Central Missouri the best value school in Missouri for engineering technologies students working on their basic certificate. UCM is a fairly large public school located in the town of Warrensburg.

UCM undergraduate students pay an average of $9,410 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UCM also took the #3 spot in our Best Engineering Technologies Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Missouri rankings.

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#2

Ranken Technical College

Saint Louis, MO

The excellent basic certificate programs at Ranken Technical College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value engineering technologies schools in Missouri. Located in the large city of Saint Louis, Ranken Technical College is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Ranken Technical College are $16,960 a year.

Ranken Technical College did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Engineering Technologies Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Missouri list.

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Best Value Engineering Technologies Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 1,256
Minnesota 1,288
Iowa 942
South Dakota 231
North Dakota 443
Nebraska 423

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 2 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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