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2022 Best Value Design Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

1 Ranked Colleges
7 Degrees Awarded
$26,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Design Engineering Tech Schools for a Master's in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Design Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Drafting & Design Engineering Technology is the 142nd most popular major in the country with 9,770 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, drafting and design engineering technology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $37,947 and had an average of $20,124 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 1,644 drafting and design engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $43,533 and $19,253 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 7 drafting and design engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent drafting and design engineering technology programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the drafting and design engineering technology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. 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 Design Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Design Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Design Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Drafting & Design Engineering Technology (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Eastern Michigan University

Ypsilanti, Michigan
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Design Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Michigan University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Ypsilanti, Michigan, this fairly large public school handed out 7 degrees to qualified masters’s design engineering tech students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Eastern Michigan, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Drafting & Design Engineering Technology Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Eastern Michigan University are $26,552, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Drafting & Design Engineering Technology at Eastern Michigan

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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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