2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Technology in the Great Lakes Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Engineering Technology Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 4,056 people earned their degree in engineering technology, making the major the 196th most popular in the United States.

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” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in engineering technology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality 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 engineering technology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The engineering technology school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region”.

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Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree engineering technology students.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Technology in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, Indiana

#1 in overall quality

$28,794 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Purdue University - Main Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region. Purdue is a public institution located in West Lafayette, Indiana. The school has a large population, and it awarded 25 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Purdue also made our “Best Engineering Technology Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Purdue University - Main Campus are $28,794, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Purdue Engineering Technology Report

#2

Kent State University at Kent

Kent, Ohio

#2 in overall quality

$21,952 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Kent State University at Kent. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region. Kent State is a large school located in Kent, Ohio that handed out 14 masters’s engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Kent State, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Engineering Technology Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Kent State are $21,952, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Engineering Technology at Kent State University at Kent

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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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