2023 Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Architectural Engineering School for You
Architectural Engineering is the #237 most popular major in the country with 1,012 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 Architectural Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which programs offered the best value experiences for architectural engineering students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Best Great Lakes Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Architectural Engineering
Our 2023 rankings named Lawrence Technological University the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for architectural engineering students. Located in the city of Southfield, Lawrence Tech is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Lawrence Tech are $37,680 per year.
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The excellent programs at University of Cincinnati - Main Campus helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best architectural engineering schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the large city of Cincinnati, UC is a public school with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UC are $27,111 per year. While working on their degree, architectural engineering majors at UC accumulate an average of around $25,880 in student debt.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Milwaukee School of Engineering. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Architectural Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. MSOE is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Milwaukee.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at MSOE are $45,099 a year. Architectural Engineering majors at MSOE take out an average of $27,000 in student loans while working on their egree.
MSOE excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Architectural Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.
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The excellent programs at Illinois Institute of Technology helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best architectural engineering schools in the Great Lakes Region . Illinois Tech is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Illinois Tech are $50,375 per year.
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Request InformationBest Architectural Engineering Colleges by State
Explore the best architectural engineering schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Michigan | 10 |
| Ohio | 29 |
| Illinois | 28 |
| Wisconsin | 40 |
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Majors Related to Architectural Engineering
One of 40 majors within the area of study, architectural engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Majors Related to Architectural Engineering
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Mechanical Engineering | 46,178 |
| Electrical Engineering | 28,844 |
| Civil Engineering | 21,388 |
| Computer Engineering | 17,987 |
| Chemical Engineering | 12,917 |
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).
More about our data sources and methodologies.