2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Michigan

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

Across Michigan, there were 458 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 42 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,608 and $41,198 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Michigan” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in general engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general 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 general engineering program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Michigan

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering in Michigan

#1

Grand Valley State University

Allendale, Michigan

#1 in overall quality

$17,448 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Grand Valley State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Michigan. Grand Valley State University is located in Allendale, Michigan and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 34 masters’s engineering degrees to qualified students.

GVSU also took the #1 spot in our “Best General 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 Grand Valley State University are $17,448.

Full Grand Valley State University General Engineering Report

#2

Central Michigan University

Mount Pleasant, Michigan

#2 in overall quality

$19,359 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Michigan that were part of this year’s ranking, Central Michigan University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, this fairly large public school handed out 7 diplomas to qualified masters’s engineering students in 2019-2020.

Central Michigan also took the #2 spot in our “Best General 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 Central Michigan are $19,359.

Read more about General Engineering at Central Michigan University

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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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