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2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Engineering-Related Technologies in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)

5 Ranked Colleges
40 Degrees Awarded
$11,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Engineering-Related Tech Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Engineering-Related Tech Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Engineering-Related Technologies is the 273rd most popular major in the country with 884 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, engineering-related technologies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $55,300 and had an average of $12,619 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 131 engineering-related technologies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 40 engineering-related technologies graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,508 and $17,812 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Engineering-Related Tech Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in engineering-related technologies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great engineering-related technologies programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the engineering-related technologies program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Engineering-Related Tech Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engineering-Related Tech Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid.

#1

Ferris State University

Big Rapids, Michigan
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Engineering-Related Tech Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Ferris State University landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Big Rapids, Michigan, and it awarded 8 associates’s engineering-related tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Ferris also took the #1 spot in our “Best Engineering-Related Technologies Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Ferris is $12,889 for Great Lakes Region Associate Degree Engineering-Related Tech students with aid.

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#2

Stark State College

North Canton, Ohio
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stark State College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering-Related Tech Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in North Canton, Ohio, this fairly large public school awarded 4 degrees to qualified associates’s engineering-related tech students in 2019-2020.

Stark State College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Engineering-Related Technologies Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. It costs about $6,464 for Great Lakes Region Associate Degree Engineering-Related Tech students with aid per year to attend Stark State College.

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#3

Vincennes University

Vincennes, Indiana
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Vincennes University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Engineering-Related Tech Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid. Vincennes University is located in Vincennes, Indiana and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 10 associates’s engineering-related tech degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Vincennes University, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Engineering-Related Technologies Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $10,845 for great lakes region associate degree engineering-related tech students with aid per year to attend Vincennes University.

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#4

Bay de Noc Community College

Escanaba, Michigan
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bay de Noc Community College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Engineering-Related Tech Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid. Escanaba, Michigan is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s engineering-related tech degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Bay College, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Engineering-Related Technologies Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Bay College is $8,506 for great lakes region associate degree engineering-related tech students with aid.

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#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Akron Main Campus. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Engineering-Related Tech Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid. Akron, Ohio is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s engineering-related tech degrees to 10 students in 2019-2020.

University of Akron Main Campus not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Engineering-Related Technologies Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. It costs about $17,792 for great lakes region associate degree engineering-related tech students with aid per year to attend University of Akron Main Campus.

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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%.

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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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