2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Making $0-$30k

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 Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

General Engineering is the 78th most popular major in the country with 11,925 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, general engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $66,152 and had an average of $20,077 in loans still to pay off.

Across Michigan, there were 542 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,633 and $26,756 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 42 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,608 and $41,198 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in general engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general engineering 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 general engineering 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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The engineering 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 Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Making $0-$30k”.

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Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for michigan master’s degree engineering students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in Michigan

#1

Michigan Technological University

Houghton, Michigan

$21,996 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Michigan Technological University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Houghton, Michigan, this medium-sized public school handed out 1 degrees to qualified masters’s engineering students in 2019-2020.

Michigan Tech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Michigan Technological University are $21,996, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about General Engineering at Michigan Tech

#2

Grand Valley State University

Allendale, Michigan

#1 in overall quality

$17,448 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Grand Valley State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Making $0-$30k list. Grand Valley State University is a large school located in Allendale, Michigan that handed out 34 masters’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at GVSU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Grand Valley State University are $17,448, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Engineering at GVSU

#3

Central Michigan University

Mount Pleasant, Michigan

#2 in overall quality

$19,359 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Michigan University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, this fairly large public school awarded 7 diplomas to qualified masters’s engineering students in 2019-2020.

Central Michigan did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Engineering 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 Central Michigan are $19,359.

Read more about General Engineering at Central Michigan University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering (Income $0-$30k)

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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Rémi Kaupp.

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