2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering Science in the Great Lakes Region

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In 2019-2020, 1,668 people earned their degree in general engineering science, making the major the 337th most popular in the United States.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 212 general engineering science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 151 general engineering science graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general engineering science. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general engineering science 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 general engineering science program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region

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

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering Science in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Kettering University

Flint, Michigan

#2 in overall quality

$15,252 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Kettering University landed the #1 spot on the list. Kettering is located in Flint, Michigan and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 40 masters’s engineering science degrees to qualified students.

Kettering did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Engineering Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Kettering are $15,252, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Engineering Science at Kettering

#2

University of Toledo

Toledo, Ohio

#3 in overall quality

$27,067 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Toledo. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region. University of Toledo is a fairly large school located in Toledo, Ohio that handed out 26 masters’s engineering science degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Toledo also took the #3 spot in our “Best General Engineering Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Toledo are $27,067, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of Toledo General Engineering Science Report

#3

Wright State University - Main Campus

Dayton, Ohio

#4 in overall quality

$24,286 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Wright State University - Main Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. Wright State University - Main Campus is a fairly large school located in Dayton, Ohio that handed out 29 masters’s engineering science degrees in 2019-2020.

Wright State University - Main Campus did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best General Engineering Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Wright State University - Main Campus are $24,286, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Wright State University - Main Campus General Engineering Science Report

#4

University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, Indiana

#1 in overall quality

$57,522 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Notre Dame. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Engineering Science Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region. University of Notre Dame is a fairly large school located in Notre Dame, Indiana that handed out 56 masters’s engineering science degrees in 2019-2020.

Notre Dame not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Engineering Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Notre Dame are $57,522, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about General Engineering Science at Notre Dame

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering Science

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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Nicolás Pérez.

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