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2022 Best Value Other Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region

9 Ranked Colleges
328 Degrees Awarded
$33,600 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Other Engineering Schools for a Master's in the Great Lakes Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Other Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Other Engineering is the 174th most popular major in the country with 2,900 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, other engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $75,379 and had an average of $28,015 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 595 other engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $93,500 and $39,629 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 328 other engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Other Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, we looked at 9 colleges that offer a degree in other engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent other engineering programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the other 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 Other Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree other engineering students.

Top 9 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Engineering in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, Indiana

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Purdue University - Main Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Other Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region. Purdue is a large school located in West Lafayette, Indiana that handed out 81 masters’s other engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region master’s degree other engineering students list, Purdue has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Other Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Purdue are $28,794, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Purdue University - Main Campus Other Engineering Report

#2

University of Dayton

Dayton, Ohio

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Dayton. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Other Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region list. UDayton is located in Dayton, Ohio and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 13 masters’s other engineering degrees to qualified students.

UDayton also made our “Best Other Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #8. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Dayton are $17,780.

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#3

Lawrence Technological University

Southfield, Michigan
#9 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lawrence Technological University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Other Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region. Lawrence Technological University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Southfield, Michigan. The school has a small population, and it awarded 21 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Lawrence Tech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #9 on our “Best Other Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Lawrence Tech are $17,918, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Lawrence Tech Other Engineering Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Chicago. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Other Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region list. UIC is a public institution located in Chicago, Illinois. The school has a large population, and it awarded 19 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region master’s degree other engineering students list, UIC has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Other Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UIC are $27,036.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ohio State University - Main Campus. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Other Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region list. Ohio State University - Main Campus is a large public school situated in Columbus, Ohio. It awarded 23 masters’s other engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Ohio State also made our “Best Other Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #4. Average graduate tuition and fees at Ohio State are $37,141, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#6

Wayne State University

Detroit, Michigan
#5 in overall quality

Wayne State University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Other Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region list. Wayne State is located in Detroit, Michigan and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 18 masters’s other engineering degrees to qualified students.

Wayne State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Other Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Wayne State University are $37,215.

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#7 in overall quality

Illinois Institute of Technology did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Other Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #7. Illinois Institute of Technology is a private not-for-profit institution located in Chicago, Illinois. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 11 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Illinois Tech also took the #7 spot in our “Best Other Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Illinois Tech are $30,695, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Illinois Tech Other Engineering Report

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Other Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, this large public school handed out 29 diplomas to qualified masters’s other engineering students in 2019-2020.

U-M not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Other Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor are $49,548, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full U-M Other Engineering Report

#9

Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois

Northwestern University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Other Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #9. Northwestern is located in Evanston, Illinois and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 102 masters’s other engineering degrees to qualified students.

Northwestern did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Other Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Northwestern are $56,567.

Full Northwestern University Other Engineering Report

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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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