2023 Best Value Mechanical Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Mechanical Engineering Graduate Certificate 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Mechanical Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which graduate certificate 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.
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2023 Best Value Mechanical Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region
The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for ME majors pursuing a graduate certificate.
Best Great Lakes Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Mechanical Engineering
Our 2023 rankings named Michigan Technological University the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for mechanical engineering students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the remote town of Houghton, Michigan Tech is a public college with a medium-sized student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Michigan Tech are $22,981 a year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Michigan Tech is ranked #2 for overall quality for ME in the Great Lakes Region .
Full Mechanical Engineering at Michigan Technological University Report
A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Purdue University - Main Campus is a great value for mechanical engineering students working on their graduate certificate. Purdue is a fairly 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.
In addition to its great value ranking, Purdue is in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Mechanical Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.
Out of the 3 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis landed the # 3 spot on the list. IUPUI is a very large public school located in the large city of Indianapolis.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at IUPUI are $26,529 per year.
Read full report on Mechanical Engineering at Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis
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 |
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Majors Related to ME
Mechanical Engineering is one of 39 different types of programs to choose from.
Most Popular Related Majors
| 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 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 Michel Villeneuve.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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