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2022 Best Value Other Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

10 Ranked Colleges
328 Degrees Awarded
$32,800 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Other Engineering Schools for a Master's in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

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 Other Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 2,900 people earned their degree in other engineering, making the major the 174th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, other engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $75,379 and had an average of $28,015 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 595 other engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $93,500 and $39,629 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 328 other engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Other Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 10 colleges that offer a degree in other engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great other 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 other engineering program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Other Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Other Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 10 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Engineering in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)

#1

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, Indiana

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Purdue University - Main Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Other Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid. Purdue is a large public school situated in West Lafayette, Indiana. It awarded 81 masters’s other engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Purdue did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Other Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Purdue University - Main Campus are $28,794, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Other Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid list. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor is a public institution located in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The school has a large population, and it awarded 29 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

U-M also took the #3 spot in our “Best Other Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at U-M are $49,548, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#3

Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwestern University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Other Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid list. Northwestern is a private not-for-profit institution located in Evanston, Illinois. The school has a large population, and it awarded 102 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Northwestern not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Other Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northwestern are $56,567, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Illinois at Chicago. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Other Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid. UIC is located in Chicago, Illinois and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 19 masters’s other engineering degrees to qualified students.

UIC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Other Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UIC are $27,036.

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#5

Wayne State University

Detroit, Michigan
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wayne State University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Other Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Detroit, Michigan, this large public school handed out 18 degrees to qualified masters’s other engineering students in 2019-2020.

Wayne State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Other Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Wayne State are $37,215, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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Ohio State University - Main Campus landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Other Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. Ohio State University - Main Campus is located in Columbus, Ohio and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 23 masters’s other engineering degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our great lakes region master’s degree other engineering students with aid list, Ohio State has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Other Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Ohio State University - Main Campus are $37,141, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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Wright State University - Main Campus ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Other Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Dayton, Ohio, this fairly large public school awarded 3 degrees to qualified masters’s other engineering students in 2019-2020.

Wright State University - Main Campus also made our “Best Other Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #0. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Wright State University - Main Campus are $24,286.

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#7 in overall quality

With a ranking of #8, Illinois Institute of Technology did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Other Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid list. Illinois Tech is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Chicago, Illinois. It awarded 11 masters’s other engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Illinois Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Other Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Illinois Institute of Technology are $30,695, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#9

University of Dayton

Dayton, Ohio

With a ranking of #9, University of Dayton did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Other Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Dayton, Ohio, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 13 degrees to qualified masters’s other engineering students in 2019-2020.

UDayton also took the #8 spot in our “Best Other Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UDayton are $17,780.

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#10

Lawrence Technological University

Southfield, Michigan
#9 in overall quality

With a ranking of #10, Lawrence Technological University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Other Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid list. Lawrence Tech is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Southfield, Michigan. It awarded 21 masters’s other engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Lawrence Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #9 on our “Best Other Engineering Master’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.

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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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