2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Iowa

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

Finding the Best Engineering Technologies Undergraduate Certificate School for You

In 2021-2022, engineering technologies students earned 942 degrees and certificates from an Iowa school, making the subject the 4th in the state.

There are so many trade school programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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.

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 Iowa ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in Iowa 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.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Iowa

Check out the engineering tech undergraduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

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

#1

Western Iowa Tech Community College

Sioux City, IA

32 Undergraduate Certificates

#6 in Quality in Iowa

$4,922 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Western Iowa Tech Community College to be the best value school for engineering technologies students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in Iowa. Western Iowa Tech Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the small city of Sioux City.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Western Iowa Tech Community College are $4,922 a year.

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#2

Kirkwood Community College

Cedar Rapids, IA

40 Undergraduate Certificates

#11 in Quality in Iowa

$5,700 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Kirkwood Community College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value engineering technologies schools in Iowa. Located in the midsize city of Cedar Rapids, Kirkwood Community College is a public school with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Kirkwood Community College are $5,700 per year.

Full Engineering Technologies at Kirkwood Community College Report

#3

Des Moines Area Community College

Ankeny, IA

45 Undergraduate Certificates

#5 in Quality in Iowa

$5,340 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Des Moines Area Community College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Technologies Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Iowa list. Located in the suburb of Ankeny, DMACC is a public school with a very large student population.

DMACC undergraduate students pay an average of $5,340 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

DMACC also made our Best Engineering Technologies Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in Iowa list, coming in at #5.

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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).
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