2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering in Michigan

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Michigan” 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 Michigan, there were 542 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,633 and $26,756 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. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general engineering programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general engineering program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. 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 Master’s in Michigan” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Michigan

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Michigan.

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

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, Grand Valley State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Allendale, Michigan, this large public school handed out 34 degrees to qualified masters’s engineering students in 2019-2020.

GVSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Grand Valley State University are $17,448, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Engineering at Grand Valley State University

#2

Central Michigan University

Mount Pleasant, Michigan

#2 in overall quality

$19,359 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Central Michigan University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Michigan. Central Michigan is a fairly large school located in Mount Pleasant, Michigan that handed out 7 masters’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our michigan master’s degree engineering students list, Central Michigan has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Central Michigan University are $19,359, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on 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.

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

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