2022 Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Engineering-Related Fields is the 120th most popular major in the country with 6,319 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, engineering-related fields graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $73,026 and had an average of $26,903 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 1,425 engineering-related fields graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,688 and $28,500 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 29 engineering-related fields graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,428 and $121,375 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in engineering-related fields. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality engineering-related fields programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the engineering-related fields program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The engineering-related fields school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k”.

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Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering-Related Fields (Income $48-$75k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, Indiana

#1 in overall quality

$28,794 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$84,653 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Purdue University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. West Lafayette, Indiana is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s engineering-related fields degrees to 25 students in 2019-2020.

Purdue not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Engineering-Related Fields Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Purdue University - Main Campus are $28,794, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Engineering-Related Fields at Purdue

#2

Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan

#1 in overall quality

$37,056 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Michigan State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. East Lansing, Michigan is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s engineering-related fields degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

Michigan State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Engineering-Related Fields Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Michigan State University are $37,056, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Michigan State University Engineering-Related Fields Report

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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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