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Best Value Engineering Technologies Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

47 Colleges
$15,522 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$57,852 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Engineering Technologies Bachelor's Degree School for You

Engineering Technologies is the #20 most popular major in the country with 85,188 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. 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.

The Best Value Engineering Technologies Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 47 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which bachelor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for engineering tech 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.

Top 10 Best Engineering Technologies Bachelor's Degree Schools

Our analysis found Trine University-Regional/Non-Traditional Campuses to be the best value school for engineering technologies students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the large city of Fort Wayne, Trine is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Trine are $9,576 per year.

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

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Out of the 47 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Cincinnati State Technical and Community College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Cincinnati State is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Cincinnati.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Cincinnati State are $9,090 a year.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Miami University - Hamilton is a great value for engineering technologies students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the suburb of Hamilton, Miami University - Hamilton is a public school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Miami University - Hamilton are $16,943 a year.

Miami University - Hamilton excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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#4

Ferris State University

Big Rapids, MI

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Ferris State University is a great value for engineering technologies students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the town of Big Rapids, Ferris is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Ferris are $13,188 per year.

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#5

Central Michigan University

Mount Pleasant, MI

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Central Michigan University is a great value for engineering technologies students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the distant town of Mount Pleasant, Central Michigan is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Central Michigan are $13,094 per year.

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University of Wisconsin - Stout landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value bachelor’s degree engineering technologies programs. Located in the distant town of Menomonie, UW - Stout is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

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

UW - Stout also claimed a spot on our Best Engineering Technologies 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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Southern Illinois University Carbondale ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the city of Carbondale, SIUC is a public college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at SIUC are $15,240 a year.

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University of Wisconsin - Platteville came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. UW - Platteville is a moderately-sized public school located in the distant town of Platteville.

UW - Platteville undergraduate students pay an average of $16,483 in tuition and fees each year.

UW - Platteville also claimed a spot on our Best Engineering Technologies 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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With a ranking of #9, Western Illinois University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for engineering technologies students working on their bachelor’s degree. WIU is a moderately-sized public school located in the remote town of Macomb.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at WIU are $13,297 per year.

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University of Wisconsin - Whitewater came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the town of Whitewater, UW - Whitewater is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UW - Whitewater are $16,602 a year.

UW - Whitewater also claimed a spot on our Best Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

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Best Engineering Technologies Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Indiana 2,230
Michigan 2,201
Ohio 2,673
Illinois 1,478
Wisconsin 1,081

Engineering Tech Majors to Study

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
Engineering-Related Fields 6,736
Mechanical Engineering Technology 6,013
General Engineering Technology 4,676
Construction Engineering Technology 4,330
Quality Control Technology 3,824
Computer Engineering Technology 3,595
Engineering Technology (Other) 1,768
Architectural Engineering Technology 1,290
Energy Systems Technologies 1,256
Civil Engineering Technology 1,187
Engineering-Related Technologies 989
Mining & Petroleum Technology 445
Nuclear Engineering Technology 220
Nanotechnology 114

Related Major Annual Graduates
Computer & Information Sciences 254,454
Engineering 198,468
Biological & Biomedical Sciences 177,778
Mathematics & Statistics 52,396
Physical Sciences 50,306

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 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 KUKA Systems GmbH.

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