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2022 Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k

7 Ranked Colleges
130 Degrees Awarded
$7,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 4,225 people earned their degree in construction engineering technology, making the major the 156th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, construction engineering technology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $61,333 and had an average of $22,033 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 464 construction engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,414 and $23,539 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 130 construction engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,508 and $17,812 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in construction engineering technology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality construction engineering technology programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the construction engineering technology 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 Construction Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 7 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Construction Engineering Technology (Income $30-$48k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Ferris State University

Big Rapids, Michigan
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ferris State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Ferris State University is located in Big Rapids, Michigan and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 42 associates’s construction engineering tech degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Ferris, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Ferris is $10,521 for great lakes region associate degree construction engineering tech students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#4 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Cuyahoga Community College District landed the #2 spot on the list. Cleveland, Ohio is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s construction engineering tech degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

Cuyahoga Community College District did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Cuyahoga Community College District is $4,996 for great lakes region associate degree construction engineering tech students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#7 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lorain County Community College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Elyria, Ohio is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s construction engineering tech degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

LCCC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for LCCC is $2,915 for Great Lakes Region Associate Degree Construction Engineering Tech students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#6 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Sinclair Community College landed the #4 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Dayton, Ohio, and it awarded 4 associates’s construction engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Sinclair Community College also made our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #6. The yearly cost to attend Sinclair Community College is $3,113 for great lakes region associate degree construction engineering tech students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#5

Macomb Community College

Warren, Michigan
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Macomb Community College. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Macomb Community College is a fairly large school located in Warren, Michigan that handed out 6 associates’s construction engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Macomb Community College also took the #3 spot in our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.

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#6

Owens Community College

Perrysburg, Ohio
#5 in overall quality

Owens Community College landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. Owens State Community College is a public institution located in Perrysburg, Ohio. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 1 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Owens State Community College also took the #5 spot in our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Owens Community College is $7,403 for great lakes region associate degree construction engineering tech students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read more about Construction Engineering Technology at Owens Community College

#2 in overall quality

University of Akron Main Campus came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. This fairly large school is located in Akron, Ohio, and it awarded 27 associates’s construction engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Akron Main Campus did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. It costs about $15,803 for Great Lakes Region Associate Degree Construction Engineering Tech students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend University of Akron Main Campus.

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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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