2027 Best Value Marine Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region
[Marine Engineering](/majors/engineering/marine-engineering/) is a field worth comparing on the balance of cost and outcomes. The best values balance affordable tuition against strong post-graduation earnings.
For its 2027 best-value ranking, College Factual looked at 1 schools to find the best return on investment for marine engineering students.
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2027 Best Value Marine Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region
If you want to know which schools deliver the best value for the marine engineering degrees they offer, see the list below.
Best Value Marine Engineering Schools
Leading the list is University Of Michigan Ann Arbor, our #1 best value for marine engineering in the Great Lakes Region. Set in the city of Ann Arbor, University Of Michigan Ann Arbor is a very large public institution. In-state tuition and fees average $18,848, with out-of-state students paying around $63,081. Students borrow a median of $19,137 to complete the marine engineering program here. Early-career marine engineering graduates make about $87,749. Set against $19,137 in median debt, that is a healthy payoff. Roughly 16% of applicants are accepted.
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Notes and References
This ranking is produced by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2027 edition. Schools are scored on the balance of cost (tuition and student debt) against student outcomes (post-graduation earnings) — a measure of return on investment, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Best Value · 1 school evaluated.
*Averages shown above reflect the one ranked school only.
- 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).
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