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Best Value Engineering Technologies Undergraduate Certificate Schools in California

2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Undergraduate Certificate Schools in California

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$7,184 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$33,591 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Engineering Technologies Undergraduate Certificate School for You

Engineering Technologies is one of the most popular subjects to study in California. With 4,871 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, it ranked 4th out of all the majors we track in the state.

Today's trade school students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses.

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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools in California ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in California 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 California

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

Best California Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Engineering Technologies

Our analysis found Los Angeles Trade Technical College to be the best value school for engineering technologies students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in California. Los Angeles Trade Technical College is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Los Angeles Trade Technical College are $1,238 a year.

Full Engineering Technologies at Los Angeles Trade Technical College Report

#2

Antelope Valley College

Lancaster, CA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Antelope Valley College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Technologies Undergraduate Certificate Schools in California list. Antelope Valley College is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Lancaster.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Antelope Valley College are $1,124 a year.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Southern California Institute of Technology is a great value for engineering technologies students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the large city of Anaheim, Southern California Institute of Technology is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Southern California Institute of Technology are $19,190 a year.

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Best Value Engineering Technologies Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Engineering Technologies Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Alaska 112
Hawaii 91
Washington 2,537
Oregon 592
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 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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