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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Electrical Engineering in Michigan

7 Ranked Colleges
484 Degrees Awarded
$32,600 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value EE Schools for a Master's in Michigan

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 EE Schools for a Master’s in Michigan” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Electrical Engineering is the 31st most popular major in the country with 30,670 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, electrical engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $70,098 and had an average of $23,581 in loans still to pay off.

Across Michigan, there were 1,357 electrical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $77,525 and $27,523 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 484 electrical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,608 and $41,198 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value EE Schools for a Master’s in Michigan” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in electrical engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality electrical engineering programs that also have a lower cost than 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 electrical 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 EE Schools for a Master’s in Michigan” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value EE Schools for a Master’s in Michigan

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

Top 7 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Electrical Engineering in Michigan

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value EE Schools for a Master’s in Michigan. Ann Arbor, Michigan is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s EE degrees to 244 students in 2019-2020.

U-M also made our “Best Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at U-M are $49,548, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Electrical Engineering at U-M

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Michigan - Dearborn. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value EE Schools for a Master’s in Michigan list. Located in Dearborn, Michigan, this medium-sized public school handed out 65 degrees to qualified masters’s EE students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UM Dearborn, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Michigan - Dearborn are $25,072, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#3

Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Michigan State University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value EE Schools for a Master’s in Michigan list. East Lansing, Michigan is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s EE degrees to 41 students in 2019-2020.

Michigan State also took the #3 spot in our “Best Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Michigan State University are $37,056.

Full Michigan State Electrical Engineering Report

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value EE Schools for a Master’s in Michigan that were part of this year’s ranking, Michigan Technological University landed the #4 spot on the list. Michigan Tech is a medium-sized public school situated in Houghton, Michigan. It awarded 36 masters’s EE degrees in 2019-2020.

Michigan Tech also took the #2 spot in our “Best Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Michigan Technological University are $21,996, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#5

Western Michigan University

Kalamazoo, Michigan
#6 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value EE Schools for a Master’s in Michigan that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Michigan University landed the #5 spot on the list. Western Michigan University is a fairly large school located in Kalamazoo, Michigan that handed out 19 masters’s EE degrees in 2019-2020.

WMU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at WMU are $31,355, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#6

Oakland University

Rochester Hills, Michigan

Oakland University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value EE Schools for a Master’s in Michigan ranking. Rochester Hills, Michigan is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s EE degrees to 47 students in 2019-2020.

Oakland did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Oakland are $24,648, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#7

Wayne State University

Detroit, Michigan
#7 in overall quality

With a ranking of #7, Wayne State University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value EE Schools for a Master’s in Michigan list. Located in Detroit, Michigan, this large public school awarded 32 degrees to qualified masters’s EE students in 2019-2020.

Wayne State also made our “Best Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan” list, coming in at #7. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Wayne State are $37,215.

Full Wayne State University Electrical Engineering Report

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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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