2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Systems Engineering (Income $48-$75k) in the Great Lakes Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value General Systems Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

General Systems Engineering is the 212th most popular major in the country with 3,604 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 344 general systems engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 86 general systems engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,075 and $25,381 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value General Systems Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general systems engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general systems engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general systems engineering program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value General Systems Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Systems Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Systems Engineering (Income $48-$75k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Champaign, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$13,351 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value General Systems Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. UIUC is a public institution located in Champaign, Illinois. The school has a large population, and it awarded 61 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UIUC also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Systems Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $13,351 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree General Systems Engineering students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend UIUC.

The low student loan default rate of 2.4% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.

Read full report on General Systems Engineering at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

#2

Ferris State University

Big Rapids, Michigan

#3 in overall quality

$14,101 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value General Systems Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Ferris State University landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Big Rapids, Michigan, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s general systems engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Ferris did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best General Systems Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. It costs about $14,101 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree General Systems Engineering students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Ferris.

Full Ferris General Systems Engineering Report

#3

Case Western Reserve University

Cleveland, Ohio

#2 in overall quality

$22,236 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value General Systems Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Case Western Reserve University landed the #3 spot on the list. Case Western is a private not-for-profit institution located in Cleveland, Ohio. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Case Western not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best General Systems Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. It costs about $22,236 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree General Systems Engineering students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Case Western.

With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about General Systems Engineering at Case Western

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Systems Engineering (Income $48-$75k)

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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