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2023 Best Value General Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Indiana

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$7,616 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$87,583 Avg Salary

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

General Engineering is the #46 most popular major in Indiana with 145 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value General Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Indiana to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Indiana to see which master's degree programs offered the best value experiences for engineering students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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 General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Indiana

Check out the engineering master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Indiana Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in General Engineering

#1

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

Our analysis found Purdue University - Main Campus to be the best value school for general engineering students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Indiana. Purdue is a very large public school located in the small city of West Lafayette.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Purdue are $9,992 a year.

Purdue did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Indiana list.

Full General Engineering at Purdue University - Main Campus Report

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Purdue University Northwest is a great value for general engineering students working on their master’s degree. Purdue Northwest is a medium-sized public school located in the large suburb of Hammond.

Purdue Northwest graduate students pay an average of $6,303 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Purdue University Fort Wayne. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Indiana list. PFW is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Fort Wayne.

PFW graduate students pay an average of $6,552 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on General Engineering at Purdue University Fort Wayne

Best Value General Engineering Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 38
Illinois 30
Ohio 78
Wisconsin 194

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

Related Major Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering 11,021
Mechanical Engineering 9,007
Civil Engineering 6,042
Computer Engineering 5,557
Biomedical Engineering 4,252

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 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 Rémi Kaupp.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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