Online Engineering Degrees That Offer the Best Tuition Rates

By Staff

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Colleges and universities across the nation offering online engineering programs charge students an average tuition of $12,723 per year. There has been a 15.1% increase in the average tuition over the past few years. In 2007, the per annum average tuition was $11,057 at these online colleges and universities.

Below, the chart displays the tuition range for online engineering colleges from most to least costly:

Tuition Level Number of Schools
Cheapest 21
Low cost 21
Average cost 27
Most expensive 22

A yearly tuition of over $15,720 is charged by the costliest online engineering colleges and universities. However, tuition charged by the cheapest colleges ranges from $2,610 to $5,256 per annum. Florida, Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio, and Virginia are home to the least costly accredited online engineering schools.

  • Associate of Arts and Science in Telecommunications and Networking Engineering Technology
  • Master of Science in Sustainable Engineering
  • Bachelor of Science in Telecommunications Engineering Technology
  • Master of Science in Telecommunications Engineering Technology
  • Master of Engineering in Systems Engineering
  • Master of Science in Engineering in Computer Engineering – Intelligent Systems
  • Master of Science in Systems Engineering
  • Bachelor of Science in Software Engineering Technology
  • Master of Software Engineering
  • Master of Science in Software Engineering

These reasonably priced programs graduated roughly 23% of engineering graduates from online schools around the US in 2011. This represents 382,251 of the 1,657,052 graduates from across the country. From 2006 to 2011, the number of engineering graduates from the least costly online colleges has increased by 9,331 graduates per annum. However, the percentage of graduates from these colleges has decreased.

Tuition ranging from $5,297 to $7,793 per year is charged by other somewhat more expensive online engineering colleges and universities. Roughly 21 of the 91 online schools that have engineering programs in the US charge tuition in this range.

In 2011, 428,497 students received their credentials from these reasonably priced online programs. This represents 26% of the country’s engineering graduates. Just 5 years prior, in 2006, only 418,065 students earned credentials from these schools. This is a 3% increase in the number of students graduating from these cheap online schools.

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1. North Central State College Mansfield, Ohio $2,610 $5,220
2. Western Carolina University Cullowhee, North Carolina $2,816 $12,413
3. University of West Florida Pensacola, Florida $2,820 $13,453
4. East Carolina University Greenville, North Carolina $2,881 $14,955
5. University of North Carolina Charlotte, North Carolina $3,044 $14,091
6. Henry Ford Community College Dearborn, Michigan $3,120 $3,240
7. University of Central Florida Orlando, Florida $3,347 $18,089
8. Cuyahoga Community College District Cleveland, Ohio $3,354 $6,868
9. University of Florida Gainesville, Florida $3,530 $24,746
10. Old Dominion University Norfolk, Virginia $3,763 $14,155
11. University of Houston Houston, Texas $3,816 $12,072
12. University of Idaho Moscow, Idaho $3,874 $11,592
13. Southern Polytechnic State University Marietta, Georgia $3,984 $14,496
14. Utah State University Logan, Utah $4,047 $13,031
15. Texas A & M University Kingsville, Texas $4,066 $12,221
16. New Mexico State University Las Cruces, New Mexico $4,128 $15,408
17. Century Community and Technical College White Bear Lake, Minnesota $4,377 $4,377
18. Texas A & M University Corpus Christi, Texas $4,494 $11,632
19. North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, North Carolina $4,853 $17,388
20. University of South Florida Tampa, Florida $5,124 $15,933

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