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Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

2023 Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

11 Colleges
$26,153 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$60,554 Avg Salary

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, engineering-related fields was ranked #109 in the country. In fact 6,736 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 11 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best value bachelor's degree programs for engineering-related fields students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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.

Our analysis found University of Wisconsin - Stout to be the best value school for engineering-related fields students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the distant town of Menomonie, UW - Stout is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UW - Stout are $17,820 per year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UW - Stout also is in the top 10% of our Best Engineering-Related Fields Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking.

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Out of the 11 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Purdue University Northwest landed the # 2 spot on the list. Purdue Northwest is a medium-sized public school located in the suburb of Hammond.

Purdue Northwest undergraduate students pay an average of $14,349 in tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Michigan University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the suburb of Ypsilanti, Eastern Michigan is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Eastern Michigan are $15,500 a year. On average, engineering-related fields graduates from Eastern Michigan take out $29,867 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.

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Out of the 11 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Michigan University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Kalamazoo, WMU is a public school with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at WMU are $16,768 per year.

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Out of the 11 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Bowling Green State University - Main Campus landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the town of Bowling Green, BGSU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

BGSU undergraduate students pay an average of $21,050 in tuition and fees each year. After completing their Bachelor's Degree, engineering-related fields graduates from BGSU carry an average student debtload of $29,795.

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Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

Purdue University - Main Campus landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value bachelor’s degree engineering-related fields programs. Purdue is a very large public school located in the small city of West Lafayette.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Purdue are $28,794 a year.

Purdue excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Engineering-Related Fields Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

Michigan State University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value bachelor’s degree engineering-related fields programs. Located in the small city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Michigan State are $41,290 a year. Assuming that a graduate chooses a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly loan payment is $396.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Michigan State also did well on our Best Engineering-Related Fields Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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Indiana State University

Terre Haute, IN

Indiana State University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value bachelor’s degree engineering-related fields programs. Located in the small city of Terre Haute, Indiana State is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Indiana State are $20,862 a year.

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Miami University - Oxford did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for engineering-related fields students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Miami University - Oxford is a large public school located in the town of Oxford.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Miami University - Oxford are $36,288 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Miami University - Oxford also did well on our Best Engineering-Related Fields Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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Michigan Technological University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the town of Houghton, Michigan Tech is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

Michigan Tech undergraduate students pay an average of $39,723 in tuition and fees each year.

Michigan Tech also claimed a spot on our Best Engineering-Related Fields Bachelor’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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Explore the best engineering-related fields schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 431
Ohio 379
Illinois 172
Indiana 286
Wisconsin 62

One of 18 majors within the area of study, engineering-related fields has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Industrial Production Technology 11,906
Electromechanical Engineering Technology 10,593
Drafting & Design Engineering Technology 8,964
Environmental Control Technology 8,690
Electronics Engineering Technology 8,592

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 11 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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