2022 Best Value Systems Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region

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Systems Engineering is the 164th most popular major in the country with 3,604 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, systems engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $90,261 and had an average of $27,803 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 344 systems engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $110,600 and $21,500 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 13 systems engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,428 and $121,375 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Systems Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in systems engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent systems engineering programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the systems engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Systems Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region doctor’s degree systems engineering students.

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Systems Engineering in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Oakland University

Rochester Hills, Michigan

#3 in overall quality

$24,648 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Systems Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Oakland University landed the #1 spot on the list. Oakland is located in Rochester Hills, Michigan and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 doctorate’s systems engineering degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Oakland, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Systems Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Oakland are $24,648, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Systems Engineering at Oakland University

#1

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Champaign, Illinois

#2 in overall quality

$30,083 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

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 Systems Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region list. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a large school located in Champaign, Illinois that handed out 7 doctorate’s systems engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UIUC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Systems Engineering Doctor’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 UIUC are $30,083.

Read more about Systems Engineering at UIUC

#2

Case Western Reserve University

Cleveland, Ohio

#1 in overall quality

$47,958 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Case Western Reserve University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Systems Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region. Case Western Reserve University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Cleveland, Ohio. It awarded 3 doctorate’s systems engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Case Western not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Systems Engineering Doctor’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 Case Western are $47,958.

Read full report on Systems Engineering at Case Western

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Systems 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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