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

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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$20,640 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.

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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Trade College Search has created the Best Value Engineering Technologies Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 6 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which ones offered the best value undergraduate 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. 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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for engineering tech majors pursuing a undergraduate certificate.

Best Rocky Mountains Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Engineering Technologies

Our analysis found College of Western Idaho to be the best value school for engineering technologies students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the rural area of Nampa, CWI is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at CWI are $7,344 per year.

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#2

Front Range Community College

Westminster, CO

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Front Range Community College is a great value for engineering technologies students working on their undergraduate certificate. FRCC is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Westminster.

FRCC undergraduate students pay an average of $15,776 in tuition and fees each year.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Utah Valley University is a great value for engineering technologies students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the small city of Orem, UVU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UVU are $17,830 per year.

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#4

Idaho State University

Pocatello, ID

Out of the 6 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Idaho State University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Pocatello, ISU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at ISU are $25,936 per year.

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#5

Colorado Mesa University

Grand Junction, CO

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Colorado Mesa University is a great value for engineering technologies students working on their undergraduate certificate. Colorado Mesa is a moderately-sized public school located in the small city of Grand Junction.

Colorado Mesa undergraduate students pay an average of $23,019 in tuition and fees each year.

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Lincoln College of Technology - Denver landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value undergraduate certificate engineering technologies programs. Lincoln Tech - Denver is a small private for-profit school located in the city of Denver.

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Best Engineering Technologies Colleges by State

Explore the best engineering technologies schools 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 6 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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