2022 Best Value Automotive Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $75-$110k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Automotive Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Automotive Engineering Technology is the 451st most popular major in the country with 1,170 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 78 automotive engineering technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Automotive Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in automotive engineering technology/technician. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great automotive engineering technology/technician programs and 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 automotive engineering technology/technician program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Automotive Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $75-$110k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Automotive Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree automotive engineering tech students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Automotive Engineering Technology (Income $75-$110k)

#1

University of Michigan - Dearborn

Dearborn, Michigan

#1 in overall quality

$25,072 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Michigan - Dearborn. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Automotive Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $75-$110k list. Located in Dearborn, Michigan, this medium-sized public school awarded 73 diplomas to qualified masters’s automotive engineering tech students in 2019-2020.

UM Dearborn also made our “Best Automotive Engineering Technology Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at UM Dearborn are $25,072, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Automotive Engineering Technology at UM Dearborn

#2

Art Center College of Design

Pasadena, California

$49,090 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Automotive Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Art Center College of Design landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Pasadena, California, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 5 diplomas to qualified masters’s automotive engineering tech students in 2019-2020.

Art Center College of Design also made our “Best Automotive Engineering Technology Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #0. Average graduate tuition and fees at Art Center College of Design are $49,090, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Art Center College of Design Automotive Engineering Technology Report

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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