2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

General Engineering is the 78th most popular major in the country with 11,925 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, general engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $66,152 and had an average of $20,077 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 1,754 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,330 and $24,526 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 603 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 For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 For Those Making $30-$48k”.

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Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Engineering (Income $30-$48k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Sinclair Community College

Dayton, Ohio

#2 in overall quality

$3,113 Average Net Price

$32,925 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Sinclair Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Sinclair Community College is a fairly large public school situated in Dayton, Ohio. It awarded 51 associates’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Sinclair Community College, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best General Engineering Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $3,113 for Great Lakes Region Associate Degree Engineering students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Sinclair Community College.

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#2

Lake Superior State University

Sault Ste Marie, Michigan

#1 in overall quality

$9,640 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lake Superior State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. This small school is located in Sault Ste Marie, Michigan, and it awarded 2 associates’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Lake Superior State University also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Engineering Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $9,640 for great lakes region associate degree engineering students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Lake Superior State University.

Read full report on General Engineering at Lake Superior State University

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Engineering (Income $30-$48k)

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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