2022 Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Construction Engineering is the 459th most popular major in the country with 802 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 172 construction engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 45 construction engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in construction engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality construction engineering 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 construction engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Construction Engineering 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 construction engineering students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Construction Engineering (Income $75-$110k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, Michigan

#1 in overall quality

$49,548 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor landed the #1 spot on the list. Ann Arbor, Michigan is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s construction engineering degrees to 12 students in 2019-2020.

U-M also made our “Best Construction Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at U-M are $49,548.

Read more about Construction Engineering at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

#2

Illinois Institute of Technology

Chicago, Illinois

#2 in overall quality

$30,695 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Illinois Institute of Technology. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k. This medium-sized school is located in Chicago, Illinois, and it awarded 28 masters’s construction engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Illinois Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Construction Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Illinois Institute of Technology are $30,695, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Illinois Tech Construction Engineering Report

#3

Lawrence Technological University

Southfield, Michigan

$17,918 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Lawrence Technological University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Southfield, Michigan, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 5 degrees to qualified masters’s construction engineering students in 2019-2020.

Lawrence Tech also took the #0 spot in our “Best Construction Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Lawrence Technological University are $17,918, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Construction Engineering at Lawrence Tech

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Construction Engineering (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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• Credit for the banner image above goes to Daniel Christensen.

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