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2023 Best Value Electrical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Michigan

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

7 Colleges
$19,893 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$139,530 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Electrical Engineering Doctor's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 288 degrees and certificates were awarded to electrical engineering students who went to a Michigan college or university. This makes it the #25 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Electrical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Michigan ranking. This report analyzed 7 schools in Michigan to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for EE students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Michigan

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for EE majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Best Michigan Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Electrical Engineering

#1

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

Our 2023 rankings named Michigan State University the best value school in Michigan for electrical engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the small city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Michigan State graduate students pay an average of $19,714 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Michigan State also made our Best Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Michigan list, coming in at #3.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of Michigan - Dearborn helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value electrical engineering schools in Michigan. UM Dearborn is a moderately-sized public school located in the medium-sized city of Dearborn.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UM Dearborn are $14,510 a year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Michigan list. U-M is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor.

U-M graduate students pay an average of $25,230 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

U-M also took the #1 spot in our Best Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Michigan rankings.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Michigan Technological University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Michigan list. Located in the remote town of Houghton, Michigan Tech is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

Michigan Tech graduate students pay an average of $22,981 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Michigan Tech also took the #2 spot in our Best Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Michigan rankings.

Full Electrical Engineering at Michigan Technological University Report

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Western Michigan University is a great value for electrical engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the small city of Kalamazoo, WMU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

WMU graduate students pay an average of $17,807 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#5

Oakland University

Rochester Hills, MI

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Oakland University is a great value for electrical engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Oakland is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Rochester Hills.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Oakland are $19,323 a year.

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#7

Wayne State University

Detroit, MI

Wayne State University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Michigan list. Located in the city of Detroit, Wayne State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Wayne State graduate students pay an average of $18,937 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Best Value Electrical Engineering Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value Electrical Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Illinois 500
Ohio 434
Indiana 292
Wisconsin 141

One of 39 majors within the area of study, electrical engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to EE

Related Major Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering 9,007
Civil Engineering 6,042
Computer Engineering 5,557
Biomedical Engineering 4,252
General Engineering 3,548

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 7 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 NASA.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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