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Best Value Engineering Technologies Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

8 Colleges
$11,872 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$33,591 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Engineering Technologies Undergraduate 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.

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.

The Best Value Engineering Technologies Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 8 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which undergraduate 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.

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.

2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

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

Best Far Western US Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Engineering Technologies

Our analysis found Spokane Community College to be the best value school for engineering technologies students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in the Far Western US Region . Spokane Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the medium-sized city of Spokane.

Spokane Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,278 in tuition and fees each year.

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#2

Olympic College

Bremerton, WA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Olympic College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. OC is a small public school located in the small city of Bremerton.

OC undergraduate students pay an average of $9,740 in tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, OC also is in the top 10% of our Best Engineering Technologies Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking.

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#3

Antelope Valley College

Lancaster, CA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Antelope Valley College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Antelope Valley College is a large public school located in the large suburb of Lancaster.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Antelope Valley College are $7,724 a year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Portland Community College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Technologies Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the large city of Portland, Portland Community College is a public college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Portland Community College are $9,670 a year.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Los Angeles Trade Technical College is a great value for engineering technologies students working on their undergraduate certificate. Los Angeles Trade Technical College is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Los Angeles Trade Technical College are $9,870 per year.

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University of Alaska Anchorage did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for engineering technologies students to get a undergraduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the city of Anchorage, UAA is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UAA are $21,635 a year.

UAA excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Engineering Technologies Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in the Far Western US Region list.

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With a ranking of #7, Southern California Institute of Technology did quite well on this year’s best value schools for engineering technologies students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the city of Anaheim, Southern California Institute of Technology is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

Southern California Institute of Technology undergraduate students pay an average of $19,190 in tuition and fees each year.

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With a ranking of #8, Perry Technical Institute did quite well on this year’s best value schools for engineering technologies students working on their undergraduate certificate. Perry Tech is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Yakima.

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Best Engineering Technologies Colleges by State

Explore the best engineering technologies colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
Alaska 112
Hawaii 91
Washington 2,537
Oregon 592
California 4,871
Nevada 286

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 8 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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