2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Surveying Engineering in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)

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 Surveying Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Surveying Engineering is the 1045th most popular major in the country with 69 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 15 surveying engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 15 surveying engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,075 and $25,381 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Surveying Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in surveying engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent surveying 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 surveying engineering program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Surveying Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Surveying Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region bachelor’s degree surveying engineering students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Surveying Engineering in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)

#1

Ferris State University

Big Rapids, Michigan

#1 in overall quality

$12,889 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Surveying Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Ferris State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Ferris State University is a public institution located in Big Rapids, Michigan. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Ferris not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Surveying Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Ferris State University is $12,889 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Surveying Engineering students with aid.

Read full report on Surveying Engineering at Ferris State University

#2

Michigan Technological University

Houghton, Michigan

#2 in overall quality

$16,463 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Surveying Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Michigan Technological University landed the #2 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Houghton, Michigan, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s surveying engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Michigan Tech, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Surveying Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Michigan Technological University is $16,463 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Surveying Engineering students with aid.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 2.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full Michigan Tech Surveying 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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