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2023 Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$23,920 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$73,134 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This report analyzed 5 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate 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.

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for engineering-related fields majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Our analysis found Bowling Green State University - Main Campus to be the best value school for engineering-related fields students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the town of Bowling Green, BGSU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at BGSU are $15,823 a year.

Full Engineering-Related Fields at Bowling Green State University - Main Campus Report

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Purdue University Northwest helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value engineering-related fields schools in the Great Lakes Region . Purdue Northwest is a moderately-sized public school located in the large suburb of Hammond.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Purdue Northwest are $11,356 per year.

Full Engineering-Related Fields at Purdue University Northwest Report

#3

University of Dayton

Dayton, OH

Out of the 5 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Dayton landed the # 3 spot on the list. UDayton is a large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Dayton.

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

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Ohio University - Athens Campus is a great value for engineering-related fields students working on their graduate certificate. OHIO Athens is a fairly large public school located in the town of Athens.

OHIO Athens graduate students pay an average of $17,712 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Engineering-Related Fields at Ohio University - Athens Campus Report

#5

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

Out of the 5 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwestern University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Northwestern is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Evanston.

Northwestern graduate students pay an average of $56,567 in tuition and fees each year.

Northwestern not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Engineering-Related Fields Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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Explore the best engineering-related fields colleges 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 5 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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