2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Engineering in the Great Lakes Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

General Engineering is the 83rd most popular major in the country with 9,411 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 1,438 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 468 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,508 and $17,812 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in general engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general engineering 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 general engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The engineering 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 Engineering Schools for an Associate 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. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.

Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region associate degree engineering students.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Engineering in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Sinclair Community College

Dayton, Ohio

#2 in overall quality

$4,208 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Sinclair Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Sinclair Community College is located in Dayton, Ohio and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 51 associates’s engineering degrees to qualified students.

Sinclair Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Engineering Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Sinclair Community College is $4,208 for great lakes region associate degree engineering students.

Full Sinclair Community College General Engineering Report

#2

Lake Superior State University

Sault Ste Marie, Michigan

#1 in overall quality

$12,398 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lake Superior State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region. Located in Sault Ste Marie, Michigan, this small public school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified associates’s engineering students in 2019-2020.

Lake Superior State University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Engineering Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. It costs about $12,398 for great lakes region associate degree engineering students per year to attend Lake Superior State University.

Full Lake Superior State University General Engineering Report

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Engineering

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

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