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2023 Best Value Manufacturing Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

9 Colleges
$33,830 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$68,710 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Manufacturing Engineering School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, manufacturing engineering was ranked #187 in the country. In fact 423 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. 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 Manufacturing Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 9 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which programs offered the best value experiences for manufacturing engineering students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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 Manufacturing Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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

Best Great Lakes Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Manufacturing Engineering

Our analysis found Lawrence Technological University to be the best value school for manufacturing engineering students who want to pursue a degree in the Great Lakes Region . Lawrence Tech is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Southfield.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Lawrence Tech are $37,680 per year.

Full Manufacturing Engineering at Lawrence Technological University Report

#2

Bradley University

Peoria, IL

Out of the 9 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Bradley University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Peoria, Bradley is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Bradley are $36,360 per year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Bradley also is in the top 20% of our Best Manufacturing Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking.

Full Manufacturing Engineering at Bradley University Report

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Wisconsin - Stout is a great value for manufacturing engineering students. UW - Stout is a medium-sized public school located in the distant town of Menomonie.

UW - Stout undergraduate students pay an average of $17,820 in tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UW - Stout also is in the top 20% of our Best Manufacturing Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking.

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$28,048 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Michigan - Dearborn. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Manufacturing Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of Dearborn, UM Dearborn is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UM Dearborn are $28,048 per year.

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$19,252 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 9 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Wright State University - Main Campus landed the # 5 spot on the list. Wright State University - Main Campus is a large public school located in the large suburb of Dayton.

Wright State University - Main Campus undergraduate students pay an average of $19,252 in tuition and fees each year.

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$27,111 Average Tuition & Fees

With a ranking of #6, University of Cincinnati - Main Campus did quite well on this year’s best value schools for manufacturing engineering students. UC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Cincinnati.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UC are $27,111 per year.

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$50,375 Average Tuition & Fees

Illinois Institute of Technology did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for manufacturing engineering students. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the city of Chicago, Illinois Tech is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

Illinois Tech undergraduate students pay an average of $50,375 in tuition and fees each year.

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With a ranking of #8, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor did quite well on this year’s best value schools for manufacturing engineering students. Located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at U-M are $55,097 per year.

U-M also claimed a spot on our Best Manufacturing Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools in this category.

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#9

Wayne State University

Detroit, MI
$32,727 Average Tuition & Fees

Wayne State University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Manufacturing Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Wayne State is a very large public school located in the city of Detroit.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Wayne State are $32,727 per year.

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Best Manufacturing Engineering Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 31
Illinois 6
Ohio 2
Wisconsin 26

One of 39 majors within the area of study, manufacturing 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 9 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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