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

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Manufacturing Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Michigan” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 966 people earned their degree in manufacturing engineering, making the major the 241st most popular in the United States. 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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 32 manufacturing engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,608 and $41,198 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Manufacturing Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Michigan” 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’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

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Manufacturing Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Michigan that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor is a public institution located in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The school has a large population, and it awarded 17 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

U-M did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Manufacturing Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at U-M are $49,548, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full U-M Manufacturing Engineering Report

#2

University of Michigan - Dearborn

Dearborn, Michigan

#2 in overall quality

$25,072 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Manufacturing Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Michigan that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Michigan - Dearborn landed the #2 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Dearborn, Michigan, and it awarded 8 masters’s manufacturing engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UM Dearborn also took the #2 spot in our “Best Manufacturing Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UM Dearborn are $25,072, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of Michigan - Dearborn Manufacturing Engineering Report

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