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2023 Best Value Mechanical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

20 Colleges
$32,998 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$103,564 Avg Salary

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

Mechanical Engineering is the #32 most popular major in the country with 9,007 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Mechanical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 20 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for ME 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 Mechanical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Mechanical Engineering Doctor's Degree Colleges.

Top 10 Best Mechanical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools

Our analysis found University of Akron Main Campus to be the best value school for mechanical engineering students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Great Lakes Region . University of Akron Main Campus is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Akron.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at University of Akron Main Campus are $11,936 per year.

Full Mechanical Engineering at University of Akron Main Campus Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Michigan Technological University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Mechanical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the remote town of Houghton, Michigan Tech is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Michigan Tech are $22,981 per year.

Michigan Tech excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Mechanical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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Out of the 20 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Lawrence Technological University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Southfield, Lawrence Tech is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Lawrence Tech are $18,436 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Lawrence Tech is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Mechanical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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#4

University of Dayton

Dayton, OH

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of Dayton helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value mechanical engineering schools in the Great Lakes Region . UDayton is a large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Dayton.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UDayton are $18,140 per year.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of Wisconsin - Madison helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value mechanical engineering schools in the Great Lakes Region . UW - Madison is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Madison.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UW - Madison are $25,501 per year.

UW - Madison also claimed a spot on our Best Mechanical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

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#6

Marquette University

Milwaukee, WI

Marquette University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Mechanical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the large city of Milwaukee, Marquette is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

Marquette graduate students pay an average of $21,960 in tuition and fees each year.

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#7

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

Purdue University - Main Campus ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Mechanical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Purdue is a very large public school located in the city of West Lafayette.

Purdue graduate students pay an average of $28,794 in tuition and fees each year.

Purdue also claimed a spot on our Best Mechanical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

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#8

Oakland University

Rochester Hills, MI

Oakland University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree mechanical engineering programs. Oakland is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Rochester Hills.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Oakland are $24,648 per year.

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With a ranking of #9, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign did quite well on this year’s best value schools for mechanical engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. UIUC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Champaign.

UIUC graduate students pay an average of $30,862 in tuition and fees each year.

UIUC excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Mechanical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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#10

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

Michigan State University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Mechanical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Michigan State are $38,638 per year.

Michigan State also claimed a spot on our Best Mechanical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

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Best Mechanical Engineering Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 592
Illinois 346
Ohio 395
Indiana 282
Wisconsin 96

Mechanical Engineering is one of 39 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering 11,021
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 20 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 Michel Villeneuve.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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