2022 Best Value General Systems Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 General Systems Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

General Systems Engineering is the 212th most popular major in the country with 3,604 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 344 general systems engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 13 general systems engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,428 and $121,375 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value General Systems Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general systems engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general systems 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 systems 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 General Systems Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Systems Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Systems Engineering in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)

#1

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Champaign, Illinois

#2 in overall quality

$30,083 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value General Systems Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid. Champaign, Illinois is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s general systems engineering degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UIUC, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best General Systems Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UIUC are $30,083, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about General Systems Engineering at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

#2

Oakland University

Rochester Hills, Michigan

#3 in overall quality

$24,648 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oakland University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value General Systems Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid. Oakland University is located in Rochester Hills, Michigan and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 doctorate’s general systems engineering degrees to qualified students.

Oakland did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best General Systems Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Oakland University are $24,648, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on General Systems Engineering at Oakland University

#3

Case Western Reserve University

Cleveland, Ohio

#1 in overall quality

$47,958 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value General Systems Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Case Western Reserve University landed the #3 spot on the list. Case Western is a fairly large school located in Cleveland, Ohio that handed out 3 doctorate’s general systems engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Case Western also made our “Best General Systems Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Case Western are $47,958, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on General Systems Engineering at Case Western

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Systems Engineering (With Aid)

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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