2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Manufacturing Engineering in the Great Lakes Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Manufacturing Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Manufacturing Engineering is the 241st most popular major in the country with 966 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, manufacturing engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $62,383 and had an average of $25,760 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 228 manufacturing engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,167 and $25,682 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 2 manufacturing engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,428 and $121,375 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Manufacturing Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in manufacturing engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent manufacturing engineering programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the manufacturing 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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Manufacturing Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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

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

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Manufacturing Engineering in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Lawrence Technological University

Southfield, Michigan

#2 in overall quality

$17,918 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Manufacturing Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Lawrence Technological University landed the #1 spot on the list. Lawrence Technological University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Southfield, Michigan. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Lawrence Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Manufacturing Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Lawrence Technological University are $17,918, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Manufacturing Engineering at Lawrence Tech

#2

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, Michigan

#1 in overall quality

$49,548 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Manufacturing Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor landed the #2 spot on the list. U-M is a large school located in Ann Arbor, Michigan that handed out 1 doctorate’s manufacturing engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

U-M also made our “Best Manufacturing Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at U-M are $49,548, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full U-M Manufacturing Engineering Report

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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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