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

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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$24,391 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$135,821 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Engineering Technologies Doctor'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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Engineering Technologies Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 4 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for engineering tech 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.

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

#1

Indiana State University

Terre Haute, IN

Our 2023 rankings named Indiana State University the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for engineering technologies students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Terre Haute, Indiana State is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

Indiana State graduate students pay an average of $15,562 in tuition and fees each year.

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#2

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Purdue University - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Purdue is a fairly large public school located in the small city of West Lafayette.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Purdue are $28,794 per year.

Purdue also claimed a spot on our Best Engineering Technologies Doctor’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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#3

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Michigan State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Michigan State are $38,638 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Michigan State also did well on our Best Engineering Technologies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Michigan University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the large suburb of Ypsilanti, Eastern Michigan is a public college with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Eastern Michigan are $28,818 per year.

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Best Engineering Technologies Colleges by State

Explore the best engineering technologies schools 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 4 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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