2022 Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking - to help you make that 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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 8 construction engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

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

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Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree construction engineering tech students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Construction Engineering Technology (Income $30-$48k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan

#1 in overall quality

$37,056 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Michigan State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Michigan State is located in East Lansing, Michigan and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 masters’s construction engineering tech degrees to qualified students.

Michigan State also took the #1 spot in our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Michigan State are $37,056.

Read more about Construction Engineering Technology at Michigan State

#2

Eastern Michigan University

Ypsilanti, Michigan

$26,552 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Construction Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Michigan University landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Ypsilanti, Michigan, and it awarded 2 masters’s construction engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Eastern Michigan did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Construction Engineering Technology Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Eastern Michigan are $26,552, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Construction Engineering Technology at Eastern Michigan

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Construction Engineering Technology (Income $30-$48k)

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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