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2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region

4 Ranked Colleges
46 Degrees Awarded
$23,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 9,411 people earned their degree in general engineering, making the major the 83rd most popular in the United States.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 1,438 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 46 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,428 and $121,375 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in general engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general engineering programs that also have a lower cost than 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. 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 Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region.

Top 5 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering in the Great Lakes Region

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee landed the #1 spot on the list. Milwaukee, Wisconsin is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s engineering degrees to 21 students in 2019-2020.

UWM did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UWM are $25,295, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Engineering at UWM

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wright State University - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region list. This fairly large school is located in Dayton, Ohio, and it awarded 6 doctorate’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region doctor’s degree engineering students list, Wright State University - Main Campus has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best General Engineering Doctor’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 Wright State University - Main Campus are $24,286.

Read full report on General Engineering at Wright State University - Main Campus

#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Akron Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region list. University of Akron Main Campus is a fairly large public school situated in Akron, Ohio. It awarded 1 doctorate’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Akron Main Campus also made our “Best General Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #5. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Akron Main Campus are $15,217, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Akron Main Campus General Engineering Report

#3

Cleveland State University

Cleveland, Ohio
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Cleveland State University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region. Cleveland State University is a fairly large public school situated in Cleveland, Ohio. It awarded 12 doctorate’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Cleveland State University, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best General Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Cleveland State University are $17,622, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on General Engineering at Cleveland State University

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Illinois University Carbondale landed the #4 spot on the list. Carbondale, Illinois is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s engineering degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region doctor’s degree engineering students list, SIUC has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best General Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Southern Illinois University Carbondale are $32,928, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about General Engineering at SIUC

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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.

Credits

  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Rémi Kaupp.

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