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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Structural Engineering (Income $30-$48k) in the Great Lakes Region

2 Ranked Colleges
26 Degrees Awarded
$40,100 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Structural Engineering Schools for a Master's in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Structural Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Structural Engineering is the 665th most popular major in the country with 337 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 31 structural engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 26 structural engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Structural Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in structural engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent structural engineering programs, but they also 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 structural engineering 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 Structural Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Structural Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Structural Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Structural Engineering (Income $30-$48k) in the Great Lakes Region

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Structural Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor is a large public school situated in Ann Arbor, Michigan. It awarded 6 masters’s structural engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

U-M not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Structural Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor are $49,548, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Structural Engineering at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Illinois Institute of Technology. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Structural Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Illinois Tech is a medium-sized school located in Chicago, Illinois that handed out 20 masters’s structural engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Illinois Tech also took the #1 spot in our “Best Structural Engineering 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 Illinois Tech are $30,695.

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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%.

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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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