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2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

28 Colleges
$23,000 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$83,157 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Engineering Technologies Master's Degree School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, engineering technologies was ranked #20 in the country. In fact 7,672 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Engineering Technologies Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 28 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for engineering tech students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for engineering tech majors pursuing a master's degree.

Top 10 Best Engineering Technologies Master's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Illinois State University the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for engineering technologies students working on their master’s degree. Illinois State is a very large public school located in the suburb of Normal.

Illinois State graduate students pay an average of $11,773 in tuition and fees each year.

Illinois State also claimed a spot on our Best Engineering Technologies Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Trine University-Regional/Non-Traditional Campuses. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Trine is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Fort Wayne.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Trine are $10,350 a year.

Trine excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Engineering Technologies Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at The University of Findlay helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value engineering technologies schools in the Great Lakes Region . Findlay is a small private not-for-profit school located in the distant town of Findlay.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Findlay are $18,456 per year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Findlay also is in the top 15% of our Best Engineering Technologies Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern Illinois University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. NIU is a large public school located in the suburb of Dekalb.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at NIU are $11,390 a year.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at Western Illinois University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value engineering technologies schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the town of Macomb, WIU is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at WIU are $12,182 a year.

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University of Wisconsin - Stout ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Technologies Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. UW - Stout is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Menomonie.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UW - Stout are $17,213 per year.

UW - Stout also claimed a spot on our Best Engineering Technologies Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

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Purdue University Northwest landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree engineering technologies programs. Located in the suburb of Hammond, Purdue Northwest is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Purdue Northwest are $11,356 per year.

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#8

University of Dayton

Dayton, OH

University of Dayton ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Technologies Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the midsize city of Dayton, UDayton is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

UDayton graduate students pay an average of $18,140 in tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UDayton also is in the top 15% of our Best Engineering Technologies Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking.

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#9

Central Michigan University

Mount Pleasant, MI

Central Michigan University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Technologies Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Central Michigan is a large public school located in the distant town of Mount Pleasant.

Central Michigan graduate students pay an average of $15,644 in tuition and fees each year.

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Bowling Green State University - Main Campus ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Technologies Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. BGSU is a large public school located in the town of Bowling Green.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at BGSU are $15,823 a year.

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Best Engineering Technologies Colleges by State

Explore the best engineering technologies colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Illinois 498
Indiana 346
Ohio 317
Wisconsin 8
Michigan 328

Engineering Tech Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Engineering-Related Fields 4,838
Quality Control Technology 736
Industrial Production Technology 440
Engineering Technology (Other) 288
Construction Engineering Technology 264
General Engineering Technology 255
Computer Engineering Technology 179
Drafting & Design Engineering Technology 145
Mechanical Engineering Technology 104
Nanotechnology 98
Energy Systems Technologies 95
Environmental Control Technology 89
Electromechanical Engineering Technology 43
Architectural Engineering Technology 39
Electronics Engineering Technology 39
Engineering-Related Technologies 15

Majors Similar to Engineering Tech

Related Major Annual Graduates
Engineering 61,791
Computer & Information Sciences 60,971
Biological & Biomedical Sciences 28,851
Mathematics & Statistics 15,127
Physical Sciences 12,705

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 schools 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 the rest 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to KUKA Systems GmbH.

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