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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

7 Colleges
$19,893 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$94,068 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Electrical Engineering Master'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.

The Best Value Electrical Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Michigan ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 7 schools in Michigan to see which ones offered the best value master'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 Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan

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

Best Michigan Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Electrical Engineering

Our analysis found University of Michigan - Dearborn to be the best value school for electrical engineering students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Michigan. UM Dearborn is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Dearborn.

UM Dearborn graduate students pay an average of $14,510 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Electrical Engineering at University of Michigan - Dearborn Report

#2

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

The excellent master’s degree programs at Michigan State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value electrical engineering schools in Michigan. Located in the small city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public college with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Michigan State are $19,714 per year.

Michigan State did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan list.

Full Electrical Engineering at Michigan State University Report

#3

Oakland University

Rochester Hills, MI

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Oakland University is a great value for electrical engineering students working on their master’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.

Full Electrical Engineering at Oakland University Report

The excellent master’s degree programs at Michigan Technological University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value electrical engineering schools in Michigan. Located in the 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 did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan list.

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

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at WMU are $17,807 a year.

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University of Michigan - Ann Arbor landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree electrical engineering programs. U-M is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at U-M are $25,230 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, U-M is ranked #1 for overall quality for EE in Michigan.

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#7

Wayne State University

Detroit, MI

With a ranking of #7, Wayne State University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for electrical engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Detroit, Wayne State is a public college 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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