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2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Making $75-$110k

3 Ranked Colleges
42 Degrees Awarded
$19,800 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master's in Michigan For Those Making $75-$110k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 11,925 people earned their degree in general engineering, making the major the 78th most popular in the United States. 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 $75-$110k” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general engineering 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 general engineering program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering (Income $75-$110k) in Michigan

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 $75-$110k. Houghton, Michigan is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s engineering degrees to 1 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. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Michigan Tech are $21,996.

Read more about General Engineering at Michigan Tech

#2

Grand Valley State University

Allendale, Michigan
#1 in overall quality

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 $75-$110k list. Grand Valley State University is a public institution located in Allendale, Michigan. The school has a large population, and it awarded 34 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

GVSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Grand Valley State University are $17,448, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full GVSU General Engineering Report

#3

Central Michigan University

Mount Pleasant, Michigan
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Central Michigan University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Making $75-$110k. This fairly large school is located in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, and it awarded 7 masters’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Central Michigan not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Central Michigan are $19,359, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Engineering at Central Michigan

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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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