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2023 Best Value Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Ohio

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

10 Colleges
$16,722 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$85,090 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Engineering Master's Degree School for You

Out of the majors we analyze each year, engineering was ranked 4th in Ohio. In fact, 2,427 were awarded in the state in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Best Value Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Ohio ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 10 schools in Ohio 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.

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 Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Ohio

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

Top 10 Best Engineering Master's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Ohio University - Athens Campus the best value school in Ohio for engineering students working on their master’s degree. OHIO Athens is a very large public school located in the distant town of Athens.

OHIO Athens graduate students pay an average of $9,720 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#2

Youngstown State University

Youngstown, OH

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Youngstown State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Ohio list. Youngstown State University is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Youngstown.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Youngstown State University are $6,751 per year.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at Ohio State University - Main Campus helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value engineering schools in Ohio. Ohio State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Columbus.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Ohio State are $12,425 a year.

Ohio State did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Ohio list.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Akron Main Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Ohio list. University of Akron Main Campus is a fairly large public school located in the city of Akron.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at University of Akron Main Campus are $11,936 a year.

Full Engineering at University of Akron Main Campus Report

#5

University of Dayton

Dayton, OH

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Dayton. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Ohio list. UDayton is a large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Dayton.

UDayton graduate students pay an average of $18,140 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UDayton also made our Best Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Ohio list, coming in at #4.

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University of Cincinnati - Main Campus landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree engineering programs. Located in the city of Cincinnati, UC is a public college with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UC are $14,902 per year.

Full Engineering at University of Cincinnati - Main Campus Report

#7

University of Toledo

Toledo, OH

University of Toledo landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree engineering programs. University of Toledo is a large public school located in the city of Toledo.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at University of Toledo are $16,600 per year.

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#8

Cleveland State University

Cleveland, OH

With a ranking of #8, Cleveland State University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Cleveland, Cleveland State University is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Cleveland State University are $10,625 a year.

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Wright State University - Main Campus came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Ohio ranking. Located in the suburb of Dayton, Wright State University - Main Campus is a public school with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Wright State University - Main Campus are $14,298 per year.

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Case Western Reserve University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for engineering students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the large city of Cleveland, Case Western is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Case Western are $49,398 per year.

Case Western did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Ohio list.

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Best Value Engineering Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Illinois 2,311
Indiana 1,581
Wisconsin 755
Michigan 3,043

Engineering Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering 11,021
Mechanical Engineering 9,007
Civil Engineering 6,042
Computer Engineering 5,557
Biomedical Engineering 4,252
General Engineering 3,548
Systems Engineering 3,068
Industrial Engineering 3,028
Chemical Engineering 2,662
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering 2,375
Other Engineering 1,820
Materials Engineering 1,810
Operations Research 1,191
Electrical and Computer Engineering. 928
Environmental Engineering 919
Robotics Engineering 560
Engineering Science 451
Nuclear Engineering 437
Manufacturing Engineering 423
Petroleum Engineering 401
Agricultural Engineering 332
Construction Engineering 288
Engineering Physics 286
Architectural Engineering 243
Geoscience Engineering 173
Polymer & Plastics Engineering 167
Engineering Mechanics 144
Mining Engineering 132
Ocean Engineering 112
Textile Engineering 96
Biological Engineering 80
Energy Systems Engineering 79
Marine Engineering 44
Metallurgical Engineering 40
Biochemical Engineering 21
Ceramic Engineering 20
Electromechanical Engineering 16
Surveying Engineering 11
Paper Science & Engineering 7

Related Major Annual Graduates
Computer & Information Sciences 60,971
Biological & Biomedical Sciences 28,851
Mathematics & Statistics 15,127
Physical Sciences 12,705
Engineering Technologies 7,672

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 10 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 Petty Officer 3rd Class Declan Barnes.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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