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2024 Best Value Marine Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region

1 Ranked Colleges
58 Degrees Awarded
$14,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Marine Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Marine Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 445 people earned their degree in marine engineering, making the major the 285th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, marine engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $77,168 and had an average of $25,813 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 58 marine engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent marine engineering programs, but they also 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 marine engineering program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The marine 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 Marine Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region”.

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Best Value Marine Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Marine Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region.

Top 1 Best Value Colleges for Marine Engineering in the Great Lakes Region

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Marine Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region. This large school is located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and it awarded 58 ’s marine engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

U-M also took the #1 spot in our “Best Marine Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Michigan - Ann Arbor is $14,878 for great lakes region marine engineering students.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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