2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Technology (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region

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Engineering Technology is the 196th most popular major in the country with 4,056 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 628 engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 50 engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in engineering technology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent engineering technology programs, but they also cost less that 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 engineering technology program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Technology (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, Indiana

#1 in overall quality

$28,794 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Purdue University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. West Lafayette, Indiana is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s engineering tech degrees to 25 students in 2019-2020.

Purdue also made our “Best Engineering Technology Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Purdue University - Main Campus are $28,794.

Full Purdue University - Main Campus Engineering Technology Report

#2

Wayne State University

Detroit, Michigan

$37,215 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wayne State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Wayne State University is a large school located in Detroit, Michigan that handed out 7 masters’s engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Wayne State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Engineering Technology Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Wayne State are $37,215, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Wayne State Engineering Technology Report

#3

Kent State University at Kent

Kent, Ohio

#2 in overall quality

$21,952 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Kent State University at Kent landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Kent, Ohio, this large public school handed out 14 degrees to qualified masters’s engineering tech students in 2019-2020.

Kent State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Engineering Technology 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 Kent State University at Kent are $21,952.

Read more about Engineering Technology at Kent State University at Kent

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Technology (Income $0-$30k)

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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