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

1 Ranked Colleges
20 Degrees Awarded
$56,600 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Master's in the Great Lakes Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology is the 186th most popular major in the country with 3,813 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 1,214 mechanical engineering/mechanical technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 20 mechanical engineering/mechanical technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great mechanical engineering/mechanical technology/technician programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the mechanical engineering/mechanical technology/technician 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 me tech 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 ME Tech Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region”.

You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value ME Tech Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwestern University landed the #1 spot on the list. Northwestern University is located in Evanston, Illinois and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 20 masters’s ME tech degrees to qualified students.

Northwestern did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northwestern University are $56,567, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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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