2022 Best Value Colleges for Welding Engineering Technology (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Welding Engineering Tech Schools in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Welding Engineering Technology is the 865th most popular major in the country with 274 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 94 welding engineering technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent welding engineering technology/technician programs, but they also 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 welding engineering technology/technician program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Welding Engineering Tech Schools in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region welding engineering tech students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Colleges for Welding Engineering Technology (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

University of Rio Grande

Rio Grande, Ohio

#1 in overall quality

$35,834 Average Net Price

$41,933 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Welding Engineering Tech Schools in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Rio Grande landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Rio Grande, Ohio, and it awarded 2 ’s welding engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Rio Grande also made our “Best Welding Engineering Technology Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for University of Rio Grande is $35,834 for Great Lakes Region Welding Engineering Tech students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Welding Engineering Technology at University of Rio Grande

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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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