2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Drafting & Design Engineering Technology (Income $75-$110k) in the Great Lakes Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Design Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 9,770 people earned their degree in drafting and design engineering technology, making the major the 142nd most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, drafting and design engineering technology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $37,947 and had an average of $20,124 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 1,644 drafting and design engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $43,533 and $19,253 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 7 drafting and design engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great drafting and design engineering technology programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the drafting and design engineering technology program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Design Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k” list to help you make the college decision.

To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.

Best Value Design Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree design engineering tech students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Drafting & Design Engineering Technology (Income $75-$110k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Eastern Michigan University

Ypsilanti, Michigan

#1 in overall quality

$26,552 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Design Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Michigan University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Ypsilanti, Michigan, this fairly large public school handed out 7 degrees to qualified masters’s design engineering tech students in 2019-2020.

Eastern Michigan did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Eastern Michigan University are $26,552, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Eastern Michigan University Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Drafting & Design Engineering Technology (Income $75-$110k)

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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