2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Construction Engineering Technology (Income $0-$30k) in Michigan

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in Michigan For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 4,225 people earned their degree in construction engineering technology, making the major the 156th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, construction engineering technology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $61,333 and had an average of $22,033 in loans still to pay off.

Across Michigan, there were 141 construction engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $66,250 and $22,708 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 59 construction engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,205 and $16,137 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in Michigan For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in construction engineering technology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great construction engineering technology programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the construction engineering technology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in Michigan For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in Michigan For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in Michigan For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Construction Engineering Technology (Income $0-$30k) in Michigan

#1

Ferris State University

Big Rapids, Michigan

#1 in overall quality

$7,207 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ferris State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in Michigan For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Big Rapids, Michigan, this fairly large public school handed out 42 degrees to qualified associates’s construction engineering tech students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Ferris, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in Michigan” ranking. It costs about $7,207 for Michigan Associate Degree Construction Engineering Tech students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Ferris State University.

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#2

Macomb Community College

Warren, Michigan

#2 in overall quality

$8,724 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in Michigan For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Macomb Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Warren, Michigan, and it awarded 6 associates’s construction engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Macomb Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in Michigan” list. It costs about $8,724 for Michigan Associate Degree Construction Engineering Tech students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Macomb Community College.

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• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Construction Engineering Technology (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region
• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Construction Engineering Technology (Income $0-$30k)

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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