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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$40,130 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$160,692 Avg Salary

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

Systems Engineering is the #69 most popular major in the country with 3,068 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Systems Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for systems engineering students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Systems Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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

Best Great Lakes Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Systems Engineering

Our 2023 rankings named University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for systems engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the small city of Champaign, UIUC is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UIUC are $30,862 a year.

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

Read full report on Systems Engineering at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Case Western Reserve University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Systems Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Case Western is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Cleveland.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Case Western are $49,398 a year.

Full Systems Engineering at Case Western Reserve University Report

Best Systems Engineering Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 150
Illinois 5
Ohio 161
Indiana 5
Wisconsin 4

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

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 2 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 luis gomes.

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