2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region

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 Engineering Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 200,458 engineering students received their degree, making the major the 6th most popular in the country. In 2017-2018, engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $64,888 and had an average of $23,564 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 32,788 engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $66,596 and $24,858 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 718 engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,508 and $17,812 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent engineering programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the engineering program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region.

Top 3 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Engineering in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Sinclair Community College

Dayton, Ohio

#2 in overall quality

$4,208 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Sinclair Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in Dayton, Ohio, this fairly large public school handed out 54 diplomas to qualified associates’s engineering students in 2019-2020.

Sinclair Community College also took the #2 spot in our “Best Engineering Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Sinclair Community College is $4,208 for Great Lakes Region Associate Degree Engineering students.

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#2

Lake Superior State University

Sault Ste Marie, Michigan

#1 in overall quality

$12,398 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lake Superior State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region list. Lake Superior State University is a small school located in Sault Ste Marie, Michigan that handed out 2 associates’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Lake Superior State University also took the #1 spot in our “Best Engineering Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Lake Superior State University is $12,398 for Great Lakes Region Associate Degree Engineering students.

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#3

Indiana Institute of Technology - College of Professional Studies

Fort-Wayne, Indiana

#3 in overall quality

$16,269 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Indiana Institute of Technology - College of Professional Studies. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region list. Indiana Institute of Technology - College of Professional Studies is located in Fort-Wayne, Indiana and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 11 associates’s engineering degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our great lakes region associate degree engineering students list, Indiana Tech - CPS has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Engineering Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Indiana Tech - CPS is $16,269 for great lakes region associate degree engineering students.

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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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