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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$19,313 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$87,583 Avg Salary

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

With 38 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, general engineering is the #106 most popular major in Michigan.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value General Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Michigan ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in Michigan to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for engineering 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. 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.

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

2023 Best Value General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan

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

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

Our 2023 rankings named Grand Valley State University the best value school in Michigan for general engineering students working on their master’s degree. GVSU is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Allendale.

GVSU graduate students pay an average of $17,904 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

GVSU also took the #5 spot in our Best General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan rankings.

Read full report on General Engineering at Grand Valley State University

#2

Central Michigan University

Mount Pleasant, MI

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Central Michigan University is a great value for general engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the distant town of Mount Pleasant, Central Michigan is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Central Michigan are $15,644 a year.

Read full report on General Engineering at Central Michigan University

The excellent master’s degree programs at Michigan Technological University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value general engineering schools in Michigan. Located in the town of Houghton, Michigan Tech is a public college with a moderately-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 General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan list.

Full General Engineering at Michigan Technological University Report

Best Value General Engineering Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Illinois 30
Ohio 78
Indiana 145
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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