2022 Best Value Manufacturing Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Michigan

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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 Michigan, there were 115 manufacturing engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $63,900 and $26,880 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 2 manufacturing engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $70,785 and $113,051 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Manufacturing Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Michigan” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in manufacturing engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great manufacturing engineering programs and 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 manufacturing engineering program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Manufacturing Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Michigan

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

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Manufacturing Engineering in Michigan

#1

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, Michigan

#1 in overall quality

$49,548 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Manufacturing Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Michigan 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 did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Manufacturing Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Michigan” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor are $49,548, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Michigan - Ann Arbor Manufacturing Engineering Report

#2

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 Michigan that were part of this year’s ranking, Lawrence Technological University landed the #2 spot on the list. Lawrence Tech is a small school located in Southfield, Michigan that handed out 1 doctorate’s manufacturing engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Lawrence Tech also took the #2 spot in our “Best Manufacturing Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Michigan” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Lawrence Technological University are $17,918, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Lawrence Tech Manufacturing Engineering Report

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

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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