2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering Technology in Michigan

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in Michigan” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

General Engineering Technology is the 156th most popular major in the country with 4,676 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, general engineering technology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $53,419 and had an average of $23,567 in loans still to pay off.

Across Michigan, there were 101 general engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,622 and $11,500 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 14 general engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,121 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in Michigan” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general engineering technology. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in general engineering technology.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in Michigan

The colleges and universities below are the best for michigan master’s degree engineering tech students.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering Technology in Michigan

1

Lawrence Technological University
Southfield, Michigan

#15 overall quality in Michigan

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in Michigan that were part of this year’s ranking, Lawrence Technological University landed the #1 spot on the list. Lawrence Technological University is located in Southfield, Michigan and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 masters’s engineering tech degrees to qualified students.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Lawrence Tech General Engineering Technology Report

2

Wayne State University
Detroit, Michigan

#12 overall quality in Michigan

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in Michigan that were part of this year’s ranking, Wayne State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Wayne State is a large public school situated in Detroit, Michigan. It awarded 9 masters’s engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on General Engineering Technology at Wayne State

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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