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2022 Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Making $30-$48k

7 Ranked Colleges
356 Degrees Awarded
$29,000 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Master's in Michigan For Those Making $30-$48k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Engineering Technologies is the 19th most popular major in the country with 86,730 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, engineering technologies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $46,894 and had an average of $21,178 in loans still to pay off.

Across Michigan, there were 3,438 engineering technologies graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,092 and $20,528 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 356 engineering technologies graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,608 and $41,198 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in engineering technologies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great engineering technologies 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 engineering technologies 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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Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 7 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Technologies (Income $30-$48k) in Michigan

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Michigan - Dearborn. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Dearborn, Michigan, this medium-sized public school awarded 123 degrees to qualified masters’s engineering tech students in 2019-2020.

UM Dearborn also took the #2 spot in our “Best Engineering Technologies Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UM Dearborn are $25,072, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of Michigan - Dearborn Engineering Technologies Report

#2

Wayne State University

Detroit, Michigan
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Wayne State University landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Detroit, Michigan, and it awarded 28 masters’s engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Wayne State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Engineering Technologies Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Wayne State are $37,215, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Wayne State Engineering Technologies Report

#3

Oakland University

Rochester Hills, Michigan
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oakland University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Making $30-$48k list. Rochester Hills, Michigan is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s engineering tech degrees to 37 students in 2019-2020.

Oakland did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Engineering Technologies Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Oakland are $24,648.

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#4

Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Michigan State University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in East Lansing, Michigan, this large public school awarded 23 diplomas to qualified masters’s engineering tech students in 2019-2020.

Michigan State also made our “Best Engineering Technologies Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Michigan State are $37,056.

Full Michigan State Engineering Technologies Report

#5

Central Michigan University

Mount Pleasant, Michigan
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Michigan University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Making $30-$48k list. Mount Pleasant, Michigan is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s engineering tech degrees to 29 students in 2019-2020.

Central Michigan not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Engineering Technologies Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Central Michigan University are $19,359, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Engineering Technologies at Central Michigan University

#6

Eastern Michigan University

Ypsilanti, Michigan
#4 in overall quality

Eastern Michigan University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Ypsilanti, Michigan, this fairly large public school awarded 56 diplomas to qualified masters’s engineering tech students in 2019-2020.

Eastern Michigan also took the #4 spot in our “Best Engineering Technologies Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Eastern Michigan are $26,552.

Full Eastern Michigan Engineering Technologies Report

#7

Western Michigan University

Kalamazoo, Michigan

Western Michigan University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. WMU is a public institution located in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 8 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

WMU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Engineering Technologies Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at WMU are $31,355.

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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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