2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Technical Teacher Education (Income $48-$75k) in the Great Lakes Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Technical Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 425 people earned their degree in technical teacher education, making the major the 644th most popular in the United States.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 64 technical teacher education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 16 technical teacher education graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Technical Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in technical teacher education. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality technical teacher education programs that also have a lower cost than 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 technical teacher education program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 Technical Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Technical Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree technical teacher education students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Technical Teacher Education (Income $48-$75k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Champaign, Illinois

$30,083 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Technical Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Champaign, Illinois is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s technical teacher education degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

UIUC also took the #0 spot in our “Best Technical Teacher Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are $30,083, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Technical Teacher Education Report

#2

Ball State University

Muncie, Indiana

#2 in overall quality

$26,204 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ball State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Technical Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Muncie, Indiana is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s technical teacher education degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

Ball State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Technical Teacher Education 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 Ball State are $26,204.

Read more about Technical Teacher Education at Ball State University

#3

Ferris State University

Big Rapids, Michigan

#3 in overall quality

$7,908 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Technical Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Ferris State University landed the #3 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Big Rapids, Michigan, and it awarded 6 masters’s technical teacher education degrees in 2019-2020.

Ferris not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Technical Teacher Education 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 Ferris are $7,908.

Full Ferris Technical Teacher Education Report

#4

Western Michigan University

Kalamazoo, Michigan

#1 in overall quality

$31,355 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Michigan University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Technical Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. WMU is a fairly large public school situated in Kalamazoo, Michigan. It awarded 7 masters’s technical teacher education degrees in 2019-2020.

WMU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Technical Teacher Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Western Michigan University are $31,355, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Technical Teacher Education at WMU

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Technical Teacher Education (Income $48-$75k)

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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