2022 Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

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Manufacturing Engineering Technology is the 258th most popular major in the country with 5,052 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 1,362 manufacturing engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 28 manufacturing engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in manufacturing engineering technology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent manufacturing 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 manufacturing engineering technology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Manufacturing Engineering Technology in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)

#1

Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Carbondale, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$32,928 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Illinois University Carbondale landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Carbondale, Illinois, this fairly large public school handed out 15 diplomas to qualified masters’s manufacturing tech students in 2019-2020.

SIUC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Manufacturing 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 SIUC are $32,928.

Full Southern Illinois University Carbondale Manufacturing Engineering Technology Report

#2

Western Illinois University

Macomb, Illinois

#2 in overall quality

$11,996 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Illinois University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid list. WIU is a medium-sized school located in Macomb, Illinois that handed out 12 masters’s manufacturing tech degrees in 2019-2020.

WIU also took the #2 spot in our “Best Manufacturing 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 WIU are $11,996.

Read full report on Manufacturing Engineering Technology at WIU

#3

Western Michigan University

Kalamazoo, Michigan

$31,355 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Michigan University landed the #3 spot on the list. WMU is located in Kalamazoo, Michigan and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 masters’s manufacturing tech degrees to qualified students.

WMU also took the #0 spot in our “Best Manufacturing 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 Western Michigan University are $31,355.

Read full report on Manufacturing Engineering Technology at WMU

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Manufacturing Engineering Technology (With Aid)

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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